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Sheila Oliver (Account suspended) made this Freedom of Information request to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
The request was refused by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.
From: Sheila Oliver (Account suspended)
17 January 2010
Dear Stockport Borough Council,
According to a FOI request dated 21st September 2007, £200,000 has
been allocated to cover the costs of drainage on the site of the
proposed school at Harcourt Street. Given the site has been proved
to be extensively contaminated and even drainage of surface water
is no longer a simple matter, please may I see any documents held
by the Council which show how much has this figure increased due to
the contamination.
Yours faithfully,
Sheila Oliver
From: FOI Officer
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
25 January 2010
Dear Mrs Oliver,
I am writing in response to your request for information below (ref 2586).
As you have previously been informed, your requests for information about
Harcourt Street are considered to be vexatious under section 14(1) Freedom
of Information Act 2000 and manifestly unreasonable under Regulation
12(4)(b) Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and will not receive a
response. This decision has been through the Council's internal review
process and was upheld. It has also been investigated by the Information
Commissioner's Office at your request; the ICO upheld the Council's
decision in its Decision Notice.
Yours sincerely,
Claire Naven
Claire Naven
Data Protection & Freedom of Information Officer
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
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From: Sheila Oliver (Account suspended)
16 February 2010
Dear Stockport Borough Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Stockport Borough
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Rising costs of draining the
contaminated land at Harcourt Street, Stockport for the proposed
school'.
Please note that the Information Commission Team Leader has stated
to me in a letter dated 15/2/10:-
... "Notice relates specifically to the request you made on 1st
December 2008 and does not make any finding regarding future
requests. If you have made further requests and these have been
refused you should ask the Council to review their requests and if
following this review you remain unhappy with their response you
can bring a new complaint to the Commissioner."
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ri...
Yours faithfully,
Sheila Oliver
From: FOI Officer
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
19 February 2010
Dear Mrs Oliver,
I am writing in response to your email below (ref 2586).
As we have previously explained to you on a number of occasions, the
Council has already carried out an internal review of its decision to
refuse all your requests on the subject of Harcourt Street on the grounds
that they are vexatious and manifestly unreasonable. Your subsequent
complaint has also been investigated by the Information Commissioner's
Office which issued a Decision Notice and upheld the Council's decision.
On this basis, the Council will not be carrying out an internal review as
it has nothing further to add.
If you wish to pursue a complaint you are entitled to complain to the
Information Commissioner's Office: [1]www.ico.gov.uk.
Yours sincerely,
Claire Naven
Claire Naven
Data Protection & Freedom of Information Officer
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
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From: Sheila Oliver (Account suspended)
22 February 2010
Dear FOI Officer,
Since the far from impartial internal review process at Stockport
Council, the Council has been forced to disclose documents to a
public inquiry which show the entire site to be highly contaminated
and that £5 million in funding is not available, contrary to their
previous assertion - they only disclosed those facts after the ICO
ruling. The Information Commission has said twice that the Council
needs to answer questions on this subject. One has to wonder what
the Council has to hide. I shall make a complaint to the ICO about
this matter.
Yours sincerely,
Sheila Oliver
Sheila Oliver (Account suspended) left an annotation (23 March 2010)
The same people who are refusing to answer questions on this subject are the ones criticised by the Coroner in the following news story:-
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/n...
The Information Commission says I should raise a complaint with Stockport Council, but the Complaints Officer is refusing to respond.
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Sheila Oliver (Account suspended) left an annotation (27 January 2010)
The Council was told on 14/01/10 by a senior Information Commission complaints officer that I could ask questions on this subject.
I shall be taking this matter to Mr. Thomas, Information Commissioner, himself.
Stockport Council has a lot to conceal, but I shall expose what they are trying to cover up. It doesn't matter how long it takes.
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