Local Government Ombudsman

Our Ref: 387/321

Dear Mrs Johnson

Thank you for your Request For Information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

As you will be aware, Weymouth & Portland Borough Council has a duty to
respond to this request within 20 working days. For the purposes of your
request this deadline has been set at 22/09/2008. If, however, we are
unable to respond within this time period, we will write to you with an
indication of when you can expect us to complete your request.

Depending on the nature of your request, there may be a charge for either
reproducing the information and/or the staff time taken to respond. If
this is the case, we will contact you before continuing your request to
allow time for you consider this.

If you have any questions, then please do contact me either on 01305
383000 or by email, [Weymouth & Portland Borough Council request email]

Yours sincerely

David Sinclair

Freedom of Information Officer

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Dear Mrs Johnson,

With reference to the above, I can confirm we do hold information in
relation to Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) complaints, although our
records do not go back 10 years.

The council is required to submit an annual report to the LGO which is
available on our website. I recommend that you download the report from
the website
([1]http://www.weymouth.gov.uk/contacts/comp...) as
it contains historical information in addition to the current year.

Please note that, under the terms of the FOIA, before making a request,
you should have a look at the Council's Publication Scheme - (That's the
list of what we publish as a matter of course). It's available either on
the website or as a printed document. You may discover that we already
publish some or all of what you hope to find.

If you would like further information after reading the report, please
contact us and we will try and get it.

Many thanks

David Sinclair

FOI Officer

Weymouth & Portland Borough Council, Council Offices, North Quay, Weymouth
DT4 8TA

Telephone 01305 838619

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Dear Mrs Johnson,

Thank you for your email and I apologise but I had no idea that you had already viewed our PS.

As you will be aware, there is a 20 working day time limit for requests, which for your request is 22/09/2008 but we will endeavour to respond within that limit. As I mentioned yesterday, our records do not go back 10 years but I will look to release what information do subject to any exemptions that may apply.

If you have any more questions about this request, please do contact me.

David Sinclair
Records Manager
Weymouth & Portland Borough Council, Council Offices, North Quay, Weymouth DT4 8TA
Telephone 01305 838619

Weymouth & Portland – Sailing Venue
2012 London Olympic Games & Paralympic Games

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Dear Mrs Johnson

I'm pleased to say that we do hold information in relation to the Local
Government Ombudsman (LGO) and I can answer most of your questions.

You asked the following questions:

a) How many findings of maladministration the local government
ombudsman has made against your council over the last 10 years

We do not keep records as far back as 10 years. Since 2006,
the LGO has only made one finding of maladministration leading to
injustice against the Council

b) How many findings of maladministration your council, either in full
or in part, has refused to accept.

We have always accepted and complied with the LGO's decisions

c) How many findings of maladministration your council has accepted but
refused to comply, either in full or in part, with the local government
ombudsman's recommended remedy.

Please see above

I hope that this is satisfactory and if there is any other information
that you would like, please do contact us by email -
[1][Weymouth & Portland Borough Council request email] or at the contact details below.

Yours sincerely

David Sinclair

Records Manager

Weymouth & Portland Borough Council, Council Offices, North Quay, Weymouth
DT4 8TA

Telephone 01305 838619

Weymouth & Portland - Sailing Venue

2012 London Olympic Games & Paralympic Games

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