LGO investigations.

Dear Mr Nunn,

I write to confirm receipt of your request for an internal review
into the handling of your request for information made on 07
January 2009.

Your review will be carried out by an independent officer who had
no involvement with the original request.

Guidance from the Information Commissioner states that internal
reviews should be completed within 20 working days or, in
exceptional cases, within 40 working days. I shall let you know of
any reasons why your request may no be responded to within the 20
working day period although, at present, there are none.

Your sincerely, Niall Toru Governance Officer London Borough of
Barnet

Dear Mr Nunn,

I apologise for the time taken to issue the council's response to
your request for an internal review.

I estimate that we shall be in a position to respond on or before 9
September 2009.

Yours sincerely, Niall Toru Governance Officer London Borough of
Barnet

Dear Mr Nunn,

Internal Review under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

I have conducted the internal review under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Please accept our apologies for not
completing this within 20 working days from the request for a
review, as recommended by the Information Commissioner.

You initially requested the information by email on 7 January 2009.
You should have received a response promptly and within 20 working
days from 7 January 2009. In fact no response was sent by the
council. For this we also apologise.

To the best of our knowledge the Local Government Ombudsman (as a
result of investigating a complaint against the London Borough of
Barnet) has never brought to the attention of the council the fact
that a member of the council's staff had misled them, lied to them
or done anything else to hinder their investigation during the
period 7 January 2004 to date.

Also, for your information, the council’s publication scheme has a
link to the reports and minutes of all Council meetings and reports
to council which would include reports from the Monitoring Officer,
in which such activities would be recorded. The publication scheme
can be accessed via: www.barnet.gov.uk/publication-scheme.

If you are unhappy with any part of this response you have a right
to appeal to the Information Commissioner at: The Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF (telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45;
website: www.ico.gov.uk).

Please contact me if you require clarification on any of the above.

Yours sincerely,

Niall Toru Governance Officer Corporate Governance Directorate
London Borough of Barnet, North London Business Park, Oakleigh Road
South, London N11 1NP Tel: 020 8359 7080 Barnet Online:
www.barnet.gov.uk