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Dear Mr Carruthers

Thank you for your request for information, received by the Audit
Commission (the Commission) on 03rd September 2009. Requesting;

"Please provide details as to how many times for each year since
2000 has an employee or elected representative of an Council for
every Council in England exercised their rights under the Public
Interest Disclosure Act 1998 to bring an issue to the attention of
the Audit Commission or the appointed District Auditor.

Please further identify which category under the PDA for each year
by Council disclosure was made:

(a) that a criminal offence has been committed, is being committed
or is likely to be committed,

(b) that a person has failed, is failing or is likely to fail to
comply with any legal obligation to which he is subject,

(c) that a miscarriage of justice has occurred, is occurring or is
likely to occur,

(d) that the health or safety of any individual has been, is being
or is likely to be endangered,

(e) that the environment has been, is being or is likely to be
damaged, or

(f) that information tending to show any matter falling within any
one of the preceding paragraphs has been, is being or is likely to
be deliberately concealed."

Disclosures received by the Commission under the Public Interest
Disclosure Act, for each year:

2000 - 12
2001 - 8
2002 - 10
2003 - 2
2004 - 2
2005 - 15
2006 - 14
2007 - 15
2008 - 27
2009 - 13

The Commission does not categories the disclosures, therefore the
requested information a-f is not held by the Audit Commission.

If you are unhappy with this response, or the way your request has been
handled, you can raise a complaint under the Audit Commission's Access to
Information Complaints Procedure, please find it via this link:

[1]http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/legal...

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formal consent. However, if you wish to re-use the information for
commercial purposes, including publishing, you are required to seek the
permission of the Audit Commission. Permission to re-use copyright
information is granted in the form of a licence.

Yours sincerely

Shaun Kavanagh
Information Compliance Advisor
[2]Information Management
Corporate Services ([3]Business Information Services)

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Dear Mr Carruthers

The Commission does hold the information stated in your email
09/09/2009, on the majority of disclosures. However the requested
information a-f of your email 08/09/2009 is not held by the Commission.

The Audit Commission does not record the level of detail of disclosures,
prior to passing the information to the relevant appointed Auditor, in
order for the Commission to supply the information requested a-f of your
email dated 08/09/2009.

Yours sincerely

Shaun Kavanagh
Information Compliance Advisor
Information Management
Corporate Services (Business Information Services)

Nicholson House
Lime Kiln Close
Stoke Gifford
Bristol BS34 8SU

Direct Dial: + 44 (0) 844 798 7961
E-Mail: [email address]

For Freedom of Information (FOI) requests please email
[Audit Commission request email]
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Dear Mr Carruthers

I apologise that it has taken me a little while to respond to your
request below.

Please find the requested information below. You will notice in some
cases I have provided a 'x...' after the name of the council, this is to
show that there was more than one public interest disclosure regarding
this council within this year.

2000

1. East Lindsey District Council
2. Cumbria County Council
3. Manchester Metropolitan District Council
4. Northwick Park & St Marks NHS Trust
5. Sunderland Metropolitan District Council
6. Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow Councils
7. Halton Unitary Authority
8. London Borough of Islington Council
9. Surrey County Council
10. Pendle Borough Council
11. Carmarthen & District NHS Trust
12. Windsor & Maidenhead Unitary Authority

2001

1. London Borough of Hounslow Council
2. Mid Cheshire Hospital NHS Trust
3. Isle of Wight Council
4. Conwy County Council
5. North Glamorgan NHS Trust
6. Bro Morgannwg NHS trust x2
7. London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames

2002

1. Birmingham City NHS Trust
2. North Birmingham NHS Trust
3. Birmingham City Council
4. Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
5. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
6. London Borough of Hackney Council
7. Liverpool City Council
8. Manchester Metropolitan District Council
9. Leicestershire County Council
10. Worthing Borough Council

2003

1. Copeland Borough Council
2. Ashton Primary Care Trust

2004

1. Birmingham City Council
2. Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

2005

1. London Borough of Lambeth Council
2. East Hampshire Council
3. Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
4. Stoke City Council
5. Nottingham City Council
6. Malvern Hills District Council
7. Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council
8. Barking & Dagenham Council
9. Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council x3
10. Liverpool City Council
11. Epsom & Ewell District Council
12. West Somerset District Council
13. Bristol City Council

2006

1. London Borough of Waltham Forest Council
2. London Borough of Southwark Council
3. London Borough of Bexley Council
4. London Borough of Lambeth Council
5. London Borough of Waltham Forest Council
6. Leicester City Council
7. Forest of Dean District Council
8. Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
9. North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
10. Manchester City Council
11. Liverpool City Council
12. Bath & North East Somerset Council
13. Bradford District Care Trust
14. West Lindsey District Council

2007

1. Birmingham City Council
2. Somerset County Council
3. West Mercia Supplies Joint Committee
4. London Borough of Brent Council
5. Leicester City Council x2
6. Ryedale District Council
7. Bedford Borough Council
8. Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
9. London Borough of Southwark Council
10. Medway Council
11. Bolton, Salford & Trafford Mental Health NHS Trust
12. South Kesteven District Council
13. Sunderland City Council
14. Wirral Council

2008

1. Blythe Valley Borough Council
2. Bradford Supporting People
3. Lincolnshire County Council
4. Calderdale Council
5. Corby Borough Council
6. Wycombe District Council
7. Rugby Borough Council
8. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Council
9. Bolton Borough Council x3
10. London Borough of Southwark Council
11. Peterborough City Council
12. City of Westminster Council
13. Oxford City Council
14. Kingshill Parish Council
15. London Borough of Camden Council
16. Blackpool Council
17. Salford District Council
18. Salisbury District Council
19. Transport for London
20. London Borough of Hackney Council
21. Waveney District Council
22. Lewisham Council
23. Amber Valley Borough Council
24. Tamar Valley Mining Heritage Project
25. Thurrock Council

2009

1. Haringey Council
2. Devon County Council
3. Wiltshire County Council
4. Salisbury District Council
5. Frampton Cotterell Parish Council
6. London Borough of Camden Council
7. Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
8. London Borough of Brent Council
9. Devon & Norfolk County Councils
10. London Borough of Newham Council
11. Humberside Fire & Rescue
12. Chester City Council
13. London Borough of Lambeth Council

If you are unhappy with this response, or the way your request has been
handled, you can raise a complaint under the Audit Commission's Access
to Information Complaints Procedure, please find it via this link:
http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/legal...
rmationcomplaintsprocedure.aspx

Yours sincerely

Shaun Kavanagh

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