Common Seal of the Council

Blue made this Freedom of Information request to Westminster City Council

The request was successful.

From: Blue

21 August 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please can you provide me with the dates that the Common Seal of
the Council was used since March 2007, along with the names of the
contractors?

In the WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL’S PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS CODE it
says:
“2.25.6 For contracts over £30,000 the original signed or sealed
contract must be placed in the Deeds Registry once the
documentation has been completed and another kept in the contract
file.”

Therefore, please provide the names of all contractors on contracts
filed including dates in the Deeds Registry since March 2007?

Yours faithfully,

Blue

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Westminster City Council

21 August 2009

Confirmation of Freedom Of Information Request

Thank you for your request for information.

Your request details have now been recorded and will be passed on to the
appropriate Divisional Records Officer for action.

This Freedom Of Information Request was based on the following
information:

Name: Blue
Address: see email address
Email: [FOI #17251 email]
Telephone:
Request Details: Please can you provide me with the dates that the Common
Seal of the Council was used since March 2007, along with the names of the
contractors?

In the WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL’S PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS CODE it says:
“2.25.6 For contracts over £30,000 the original signed or sealed contract
must be placed in the Deeds Registry once the documentation has been
completed and another kept in the contract file.”

Therefore, please provide the names of all contractors on contracts filed
including dates in the Deeds Registry since March 2007?

FOI Reference Number: 4275
Target Completion Date: 21/09/2009

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From: Blue

23 September 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews, as you see I have not had an answer.

I am writing to request an internal review of Westminster City
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Common Seal of the Council'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...

Yours faithfully,

Blue

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From: FOI
Westminster City Council

24 September 2009

Dear Blue,

Thank you for your email.

I will look into your query and aim to respond within 10 working days.

Kindest regards,

Tanya Holden
Data Protection & FOI Officer
Knowledge and Information Management
Westminster City Council
101 Orchardson Street
London, NW8 8EA
Tel: 0207 641 6451
Fax: 0207 641 2872
Email: [Westminster City Council request email]
[1]www.westminster.gov.uk

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From: Blue

19 October 2009

Dear Tanya,

It's now been 14 working days since you said you would aim to
respond within 10 working days, has there been a hiccup with asking
the parking department for the information?

Yours sincerely,

Blue

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From: FOI
Westminster City Council

21 October 2009

Attachment Response to Request for Internal Review Blue FOI 4275.doc
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Dear Blue,

Thank you for your recent contact to the Council requesting an internal
review of Freedom of Information Request 4275.

Please find our response attached.

<<Response to Request for Internal Review - Blue FOI 4275.doc>>

Kindest regards,

Tanya Holden
Data Protection & FOI Officer
Knowledge and Information Management
Westminster City Council
101 Orchardson Street
London, NW8 8EA
Tel: 0207 641 6451
Fax: 0207 641 2872
Email: [Westminster City Council request email]
[1]www.westminster.gov.uk

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From: Blue

21 October 2009

Dear Tanya,

Thank you for your reply, but could I just question, what does
"unacceptable and your complaint is upheld" actually mean? As I and
others have had our complaints upheld, yet there is no improvement
in the speed of service or compliance with the law?

You will be aware that if a resident such as myself does not comply
with the times set by Westminster I am threatened with ever
increasing fines, as per PCN's. Yet when the council break the law
repeatedly, all I have seen is that a complaint is upheld. So this
is why I am asking for a more detailed explanation as to what that
means, and apart from warning letters being sent to departments,
what effect solutions have been put in place to remedy the present
situation?

Yours sincerely,

Blue

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Ben Tweedy left an annotation (21 October 2009)

I've asked pretty much the same thing (search results of internal reviews" on the whatdotheyknow website) They told me that they don't hold the information centrally and then went on to say it would cost £825 to retrieve it! I think their internal reviews amount to nothing more than a slap on the wrist.

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From: Davies, Hayley
Westminster City Council

21 October 2009

Dear Blue

In order to respond to your FOI request 4275, copies of the relevant
sections of the Council's Deeds Register have been made. In order for a
copy of that information to be sent to you, please provide a postal
address that this information can be sent to.

Kind Regards

Hayley Davies
Litigation

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From: Blue

21 October 2009

Dear Davies, Hayley,

As you may not be aware the postal service is on strike at present.

Please scan these documents in, which i gather were electronic in
the first place, and upload them to this site as PDF's thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Blue

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Blue left an annotation (21 October 2009)

Ben I don't think it's even a slap on the wrist, looks like it's something mentioned in passing whilst standing around the water cooler.

Even I knew that the information I required would be obtained from the legal department. Now it seems they do not want this information available to the public visiting this site, and want to post it to me. So much for the councils environmental policies.

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Westminster City Council

22 October 2009

Confirmation of Freedom Of Information Request

Thank you for your request for information.

Your request details have now been recorded and will be passed on to the
appropriate Divisional Records Officer for action.

This Freedom Of Information Request was based on the following
information:

Name: blue
Address: See email address
Email: [FOI #17251 email]
Telephone:
Request Details: Thank you for your reply, but could I just question,
what does
"unacceptable and your complaint is upheld" actually mean? As I and
others have had our complaints upheld, yet there is no improvement
in the speed of service or compliance with the law?

I am asking for a more detailed explanation as to what that
means, and apart from warning letters being sent to departments,
what effect solutions have been put in place to remedy the present
situation?

FOI Reference Number: 4544
Target Completion Date: 18/11/2009

Please do not reply to this email.
This is an automatic response to your request, and replies to this message
will not be actioned.

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From: Blue

26 October 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Seems like there is still a problem with your legal department
being able to stick to the law, how odd.

Please chase this matter up, the FOI request was first placed on 21
August 2009.

Yours faithfully,

Blue

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From: Davies, Hayley
Westminster City Council

28 October 2009

Dear Blue

I am aware of the current postal strike, however it is not possible to
scan the documents because the size of the electronic file is much too
large for electronic submission.

We have an electronic index of Deeds kept in the Deeds Registry but that
is not what you have asked for and that would not give you the
information you seek.

I would therefore be grateful if you would supply a postal address where
the requested documents be sent.

Regards

Hayley Davies
Litigation

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From: Blue

28 October 2009

Dear Hayley Davies,

OK no problem Hayley, I can come down to City Hall and collect the
documents from your front desk, and provide full ID that I am
called Blue and a resident of Westminster. As you already have
these documents to hand can we arrange for tomorrow the 29th
October 2009? I cannot see a problem there, can you? I have a very
good scanner so it will not be a problem to scan several thousand
documents to convert them back to the original electronic format.

Yours sincerely,

Blue

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From: Davies, Hayley
Westminster City Council

29 October 2009

Dear Blue

That's perfect, I will leave a copy of the documents at the front
reception desk for the attention of yourself to be collected today.

Kind Regards

Hayley

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From: Blue

29 October 2009

Dear Hayley,

As you may know by now, I visited City Hal at 13:20, but there was
no package waiting to be collected.

The staff behind the reception did phone you but you were
unavailable. They also tried to phone the team you work with, but
they were also unavailable.

I am reluctant to make another wasted journey to city hall.

Please can you explain why this information cannot be sent
digitally?

Yours sincerely,

Blue

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From: Davies, Hayley
Westminster City Council

29 October 2009

Dear Blue

I do apologise, the package was actually sent to the collections point
at the back of City Hall and then returned to me when it wasn't
collected. Unfortunately, I have been in court all day and have just
arrived back to find the package back on my desk and your e-mail.
Again, I do apologise.

As stated in my previous e-mail it is not possible to scan the documents
because the size of the electronic file is much
too large for electronic submission.

As also offered, I am more than happy to arrange for these documents to
be delivered to you - by hand if that would assist, if you would provide
an address where they can be delivered too.

I have just myself returned the documents to ground floor reception of
City Hall, I have left them at the FRONT reception desk of City Hall and
signed them in for collection by yourself.

If you would prefer the documents to be delivered to you, I can retrieve
them from reception and arrange for their delivery. Again, I do
apologise for any inconvenience.

Kind Regards

Hayley

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From: Blue

30 October 2009

Dear Hayley,

I am arranging for a courier to collect these documents later
today.

Failing that I will have several hundred friends in Victoria Street
tomorrow, is the front desk open on Saturdays?

Yours sincerely,

Blue

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From: Davies, Hayley
Westminster City Council

30 October 2009

Dear Blue,

The package remains at the front desk of reception at City Hall and I
have explained that it is to remain there until collected. City Hall
Reception is open over the weekend should you or one of your colleagues
wish to collect it then.

Kind Regards

Hayley

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Mr Thomas left an annotation (31 October 2009)

Blue, since you seem to have a super scanner, would it be possible for you to upload the file as a PDF on this website, so that we can all see it? Thanks very much.

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Blue left an annotation (31 October 2009)

Yes Mr Thomas, I have now got the documents asked for, and I can see no reason why they needed to be hand delivered. I will scan them in and either upload them to this site or a separate download server, as information sharing is the point of this website.

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Mr Thomas left an annotation (31 October 2009)

Thanks a lot, Blue!

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Blue left an annotation ( 6 November 2009)

The copies of the ledger recording deeds have been uploaded here. They are not too big, but I've split them into the three years.

http://www.softwell.co.uk/download/deeds...

http://www.softwell.co.uk/download/deeds...

http://www.softwell.co.uk/download/deeds...

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From: FOI
Westminster City Council

9 November 2009

Attachment FOI Corporate Response Letter Blue FOI 4544.doc
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Dear Blue,

Please find attached our response to your request recently submitted to
the Council under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

<<FOI Corporate Response Letter - Blue - FOI 4544.doc>>

Kindest regards,
Tanya Holden
Data Protection & FOI Officer
Knowledge and Information Management
Westminster City Council
101 Orchardson Street
London, NW8 8EA
Tel: 0207 641 6451
Fax: 0207 641 2872
Email: [Westminster City Council request email]
[1]www.westminster.gov.uk

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From: Blue

9 November 2009

Dear Tanya,

Thank you for doing your best to answer my question, it is a little
clearer now.

Yours sincerely,

Blue

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