Dear Sir or Madam,

In the 60 per cent of the about 130,000 claims to the LGO where
maladministration was not identified as having occurred over the
last ten years.

And as you state: As you state: 'A failure to consider Human Rights
Act issues has been found to amount to maladministration by the
Ombudsman.'

On how many occasions has the LGO identified that a Council has
breached equalities legislation and the European Convention of
Human Rights firstly in their decision letters and other
correspondence with Council's.

Please list by Council the number of occasions over the last ten
years that the LGO has identified a violation of Human Rights and
Equalities legislation by each Council in England - by article
right and equalities catagorsation (i.e. race, women, etc).

Please further provide any guidance provided to the Human Rights
and Equalities Commission (and their predecessors) by the LGO and
or CLAE on how they should interpret a finding of maladministration

Yours faithfully,

Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS

Dear Mr Hardwicke Carruthers

This is to acknowledge receipt of your email request, received on Monday
13 October.

I will aim to reply within the 20-working day target (which would be by
10 November). If I am unable to do so, I will write to you again
explaining why.

Yours sincerely

Hilary Pook
Communications & Records Manager
Local Government Ombudsman's Office
Tel: 020 7217 4734
www.lgo.org.uk

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Dear Mr Hardwicke Carruthers

Please find attached a letter in response to the request below.

Yours sincerely

Hilary Pook
Communications & Records Manager
Local Government Ombudsman's Office
Tel: 020 7217 4734
www.lgo.org.uk

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Dear Hilary Pook,

According to Local settlements the figure must be much higher..
About five per cent of the decisions related to Camden over the
same period identify abuse of equalities and/or human rights
legislation by the Council.

Please would you also provide the data including local settlements,
outside jurisdiction, premature and ombudsman's discretion. The
fact that the LGO might choose to discontinue an investigation
despite abuse of Human Rights and Equalities Legislation being
apparent is very much the issue. You will be aware that the Camden
local settlements all appear to have disagreed with the LGO's
decision to catagorise their complaints as LS rather than issue an
MI report

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS

Dear Mr Hardwicke Carruthers

Please find attached a letter in response to the message below.

Yours sincerely

Hilary Pook
Communications & Records Manager
Local Government Ombudsman's Office
Tel: 020 7217 4734
www.lgo.org.uk

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