LGO investigations.

Trevor R Nunn made this Freedom of Information request to Castle Morpeth Borough Council

The request was successful.

From: Trevor R Nunn

8 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 Castle
Morpeth Borough Council) brought to the attention of the council
the fact that a member of Castle Morpeth Borough 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: Branson, Richard
Castle Morpeth Borough Council

9 January 2009

Dear Mr Nunn,

Request for Information Reference - 574.

Castle Morpeth Borough Council acknowledges receipt of your request for
information regarding Local Government Ombudsman investigations. Under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 it will aim to respond within 20 working
days.

If the council is unable to respond within this time scale or a fee is
payable for the provision of this information, we will contact you again.

Yours sincerely
Richard

Richard Branson
FOI/Workflow Project Manager
Castle Morpeth Borough Council
[email address]
01670 794653

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From: Branson, Richard
Castle Morpeth Borough Council

12 January 2009

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<<complaints procedure - access to information.pdf>>
Dear Mr Nunn,

Request for Information Reference 574.

Further to your request for information regarding Local Government
Ombudsman investigations, I am able to inform you that on no occasion has
the Local Government Ombudsman, as a result of investigating a complaint
against Castle Morpeth Borough Council, brought to the attention of the
council the fact that a member of Castle Morpeth Borough Council staff had
misled them, lied to them or done anything else to hinder their
investigation.

You are free to use any information supplied for your own use, including
for non-commercial research purposes. The information may also be used
for the purposes of news reporting. However, any other type of re-use,
for example, by publishing the information or issuing copies to the public
will require the permission of the copyright owner.

If you are not satisfied with the Council's response, then you should, in
the first instance, complain to the Council using the Access to
Information Complaints Procedure. I have enclosed a copy of the Access to
Information complaint procedures for your information.

If after complaining to the council you are still dissatisfied with the
outcome, you should complain to the Information Commissioner, whose
contact details are listed in the enclosed Complaints Procedure.

Yours sincerely
Richard

Richard Branson
FOI/Workflow Project Manager
Castle Morpeth Borough Council
[email address]

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Trevor R Nunn left an annotation ( 8 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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