LGO investigations

Trevor R Nunn made this Freedom of Information request to Adur District Council

The request was successful.

From: Trevor R Nunn

6 January 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

During the last five years how many times has the Local Government
Ombudsman (as a result of investigating a complaint against Adur
District Council) brought to the attention of the council the fact
that a member of Adur District Council staff had misled them, lied
to them or done anything else to hinder their investigation. If
they have what disciplinary action was taken against the
individual(s) concerned by the council.

Yours faithfully,

Trevor R Nunn

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From: Caroline Perry
Adur District Council

7 January 2009

Dear Mr Nunn,

Thank you for your request for information that was received today, 7th
January. I confirm that I am dealing with your request under the terms
of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Regards,

Caroline Perry
Solicitor
Adur District Council

Tel: (01273) 263115
Fax: (01273) 263075

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From: Caroline Perry
Adur District Council

7 January 2009

Dear Mr Nunn,

I am writing further to my email of today regarding your request for
information. I can confirm the following:

1. On no occasion in the last five years has the Local Government
Ombudsman suggested that any member of staff has lied to or misled them.

2. In light of the above no action has been taken against any member of
staff.

If you have any further queries about this matter please contact me.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to
this request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of this
decision you should write to Jeremy Cook, Executive Head of Legal and
Democratic Services. Mr Cook can be contacted at:

Worthing Borough Council
Town Hall
Chapel Road
Worthing
West Sussex

or by email at [email address].

Alternatively you can apply directly to the Information Commissioner for
a decision. Generally the ICO cannot make a decision until you have
exhausted the complaints procedure as detailed above. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Regards,

Caroline Perry
Solicitor
Adur District Council

Tel: (01273) 263115
Fax: (01273) 263075

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Trevor R Nunn left an annotation (14 January 2009)

You can read the background to this request by visiting my blog.

http://lgowatcher.blogspot.com/2009/01/l...

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Trevor R Nunn left an annotation ( 7 August 2009)

I submitted this FOI request to every English Council. I have now collated the results and the full story can be read here

http://ombudsmanwatchers.org.uk/evidence...

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