LGO investigations.

Dear Mr Nunn

SUBJECT: Acknowledgement of your application for Information dated
13 January 2009
Thank you for your email requesting information about Local Government
Ombudsman investigations.

The application was received on 13 January 2009.
The Council will seek to provide the information that you have requested
within the next 20 working days or let you know from where else it can be
obtained. We may not be able to provide everything if we do not hold the
information, or if an exemption to releasing the information applies.

Information is often provided free of charge, but if there could be a fee
for processing and delivering the information to you this will notified to
you before we progress.
We will usually provide the information in either an electronic or paper
format according to how you contacted us. If you require the information
in another specific format please contact me to discuss your needs.

Any future correspondence or questions you may have in relation to this
matter should be sent to me, please.

Yours sincerely

Andrew Pearson
Member Support Officer

Date: 14 January 2009

Dear Mr T R Nunn

Your application for information that was received by the Council on 13
January 2009 has now been considered and this letter is a full response to
that application.

Your request was to be supplied with information about Local Government
Ombudsman investigations.

The Council does hold the information that you have requested and the
response is that the Local Government Ombudsman has not brought to the
attention of the council any incidents of staff members misleading them,
lying to them or doing anything else to hinder any investigations
undertaken.

Please note that the information supplied to you continues to be protected
by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You can use the
information supplied for your own purposes, including any non-commercial
research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting. Any other
reuse such as commercial publication would require the permission of the
Council.

If you are not satisfied with the way your request has been handled you
may ask for an internal review to take place.

I hope that we have supplied the information that you expected to
receive. If you wish to discuss this letter or the information that is
supplied then please contact me through the direct line telephone number
above, but please leave a contact telephone number if I am unavailable. I
can also be contacted by email (address).

Yours sincerely

Andrew Pearson
Member Support Officer
Member Support Team
Chief Executive's Department
Plymouth City Council

Tel: (01752) 304139
Email: [email address]