Pre- court action vulnerability checks

Dear Manchester City Council,

Please could you tell me what checks are/were (if changed recently)
done to ensure the vulnerability status of those residents that
were subjected to bankruptcy action, in particular those with
council tax debts?

By this , I mean were checks done to ensure that the person was not
or had not recently been suffering from mental illness, recent
bereavement, were elderly, recent hospitalisation etc.,

If checks were done, please could you confirm the methods used to
check the status of the person, for example, DSS records,
doctors/hospital records, social workers record, etc., and if
possible, provide a copy of the checklist/ consent form/guideline
used to make the decision.

What time limits after the events would decide . eg. Persons who
had suffered a beareavement within the last XX months/years, or had
been suffering mental illness within XX months/years,been in
hospital within the last XX months/years.

Please could you also give me a list of circumstances where you
would not pursue bankruptcy proceedindgs against a debtor?

I would like the information to cover the last six years please.

Yours faithfully,

D.Gill

Dear Manchester City Council,

This request should have been answered by 18th Feb , so is now
almost a week overdue.
You have not requested an extension to the timescale, as per your
acknowledgement of 27th January, so I assume it is just that as
usual, Manchester Council seem to think they are above the law.
Please respond to my request as per the LAW....
Yes... It does apply to you.

Many thanks,
Yours faithfully,

D.Gill

Dear Manchester City Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Manchester City
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Pre- court action
vulnerability checks'.

With the exception of an automated acknowledgement on 27th January
2010, a response to the the request has been completely ignored and
is now approximately two weeks overdue.
There has been no explanation as to why the response has been
delayed.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pr...

Yours faithfully,

D.Gill

Dear Manchester City Council,

I urge you to read the questions again and then you will see that
NONE of them have been answered.

Yours faithfully,

D.Gill

Dear Manchester City Council,

That would be appreciated. Thank You..

You will see that since the request was made on 21 Jan all I have
received is a couple of automated acknowledgements.
The only reply I have received is the one on 30th March, which
erroneously implies that I have already been given a proper
response !!!

It is quite apparent that there is a lack of communication within
your department,but with my previous experiences with Manchester
Council, it does not surprise me in the least.
Your ineptness knows no bounds

Yours faithfully,

D.Gill

Dear Manchester City Council,

Your response to my request is now welloverdue.
Please could you investigate and reply as soon as possible.

Yours faithfully,

D.Gill

Dear Manchester City Council,

I assume you are referring to the acknowledgement email you sent on
31st March?
If so, this was almost eight weeks ago with no contact from you
since.

A progress update and maybe an apology for the delay would have
been courteous.

Yours faithfully,

D.Gill

Dear Manchester City Council,

Still Waiting!!!!!!!

Yours faithfully,

D.Gill

Dear Manchester City Council,

I am still awaiting a proper response.
Please have the courtesy to acknowledge and give an estimated time
you expect to be able to comply.

Yours faithfully,

D.Gill