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Escalating costs - were correct finanacial procedures followed by Stockport Council regarding the Harcourt Street School?
Sheila Oliver (Account suspended) made this Freedom of Information request to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Waiting for an internal review by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council of their handling of this request.
From: Sheila Oliver (Account suspended)
13 January 2010
Dear Stockport Borough Council,
On 12th December 2005 the cost of the proposed school was put at
£7,502,755, the previous October it was to be £5.5 million,
according to the schools closure notice, by 20th February 2006 that
cost had risen to £7.5 - £8 million. By 15th May 2006 in the
project Highlight Report this figure had risen to £8.20 million
with the available funding stated to be £5.8 million. By 21st June
2007 the cost was to be £8.5 million. According to a report to the
Executive Committee produced 22nd March 2008 the cost at this time
had risen to £9,930,000. This represents, to my way of thinking, a
large rise in a very short time. May I see documentary evidence
regarding the action taken by the project manager take to deal with
the issue of these escalating costs or to report these issues to
the Corporate Director of Finance in line with Council procedures?
Yours faithfully,
Sheila Oliver
From: FOI Officer
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
15 January 2010
Dear Mrs Oliver,
I am writing in response to your request for information below (ref 2556).
As you have previously been informed, your requests for information about
Harcourt Street are considered to be vexatious under section 14(1) Freedom
of Information Act 2000 and manifestly unreasonable under Regulation
12(4)(b) Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and will not receive a
response. This decision has been through the Council's internal review
process and was upheld. It has also been investigated by the Information
Commissioner's Office at your request; the ICO upheld the Council's
decision in its Decision Notice.
Yours sincerely,
Claire Naven
Claire Naven
Data Protection & Freedom of Information Officer
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
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From: Sheila Oliver (Account suspended)
16 January 2010
Dear Stockport Borough Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Stockport Borough
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Escalating costs - were
correct finanacial procedures followed by Stockport Council
regarding the Harcourt Street School?'.
A senior Information Commission Complaints Officer stated in
writing on 14/01/10 that I could continue to ask questions on this
subject. It appears to me that across the board the Council has an
awful lot to hide regarding this issue, especially when they are
also illegally refusing to answer Council meeting questions on this
matter, which is an abuse of human rights.
Stockport Council needs to learn to start being open; there are
financial anomalies here of circa £5 million and I can prove that I
represent hundreds of local people, so claiming I am vexatious in
asking these questions is a completely untrue statement.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/es...
Yours faithfully,
Sheila Oliver
From: FOI Officer
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
25 January 2010
Dear Mrs Oliver,
I am writing in response to your email below (ref 2556).
As we have previously explained to you on a number of occasions, the
Council has already carried out an internal review of its decision to
refuse all your requests on the subject of Harcourt Street on the grounds
that they are vexatious and manifestly unreasonable. Your subsequent
complaint has also been investigated by the Information Commissioner's
Office which issued a Decision Notice and upheld the Council's decision.
On this basis, the Council will not be carrying out an internal review.
Yours sincerely,
Claire Naven
Claire Naven
Data Protection & Freedom of Information Officer
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
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From: Sheila Oliver (Account suspended)
17 February 2010
Dear Stockport Borough Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Stockport Borough
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Escalating costs - were
correct finanacial procedures followed by Stockport Council
regarding the Harcourt Street School?'.
Please note that the Information Commission Team Leader has stated
to me in a letter dated 15/2/10:-
... "Notice relates specifically to the request you made on 1st
December 2008 and does not make any finding regarding future
requests. If you have made further requests and these have been
refused you should ask the Council to review their requests and if
following this review you remain unhappy with their response you
can bring a new complaint to the Commissioner."
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/es...
Yours faithfully,
Sheila Oliver
Sheila Oliver (Account suspended) left an annotation (24 March 2010)
"Council bosses decided NOT to hold a wide-ranging investigation into the death of a boy who died after an asthma attack at school, the MEN can reveal.
Stockport council officials considered carrying out a serious case review into the 11-year-old's death THREE times – but each time decided against.
The news came after an inquest jury found a catalogue of errors and neglect by staff at Offerton High School 'significantly contributed' to Sam's death.
He was left to sit in a corridor after suffering the attack while teachers failed to call an ambulance.
Parents Paul and Karen Linton are now considering legal action against the council.
The M.E.N understands officials in charge of safeguarding Stockport children did not believe the case met the criteria for a full serious case review...."
Manchester Evening News
The same people responsible for the above are the ones refusing to answer questions about this school to be built on toxic waste. The Information Commission has said the next step is to lodge an official complaint with Stockport Council about their refusal to respond, but the Complaints Officer won't even reply.
Sheila Oliver (Account suspended) left an annotation (17 October 2010)
Is my local MP Andrew Stunell having a laugh here? I repeatedly
asked him to make Stockport Council reply to questions, which they
have avoided for about four years:-
http://www.libdemvoice.org/andrew-stunel...
I shall ask him again for help and post his response, or lack of
it, on this site.
Have a look at this frightening You Tube clip of the brown asbestos
"experts" languidly and unscienficially removing brown asbestos
from the school site:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0rCPnP5H9o
Things to do with this request
- Add an annotation (to help the requester or others)
- Download a zip file of all correspondence
Sheila Oliver (Account suspended) left an annotation (26 January 2010)
The Council was told on 14/01/10 by a senior Information Commission complaints officer that I could ask questions on this subject.
I shall be taking this matter to Mr. Thomas, Information Commissioner, himself.
Stockport Council has a lot to conceal, but I shall expose what they are trying to cover up. It doesn't matter how long it takes.
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