Dear Sir or Madam,

Please supply copies of all papers being provided to your scrutiny
committee on Wednesday 18 November 2009

These have not been posted on your web site.

I am particularly interested in the proposals for abolition of the
SNDC.. and the papers relating to refusal of the SNDC to administer
its complaints process in a way that would enable the acts of
professional staff, statutory officers and elected representatives
to be held properly to account.. and allow the long suffering SNDC
pension fund some respite

Yours faithfully,

Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS

Dear Mr Carruthers,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which I can respond
to now.

The reports relating to the Scrutiny Committee agenda of 18 November
2009 have now been published on the South Norfolk Council website. You
can access these reports by clicking on the following link:
http://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/democrac...
To help, the item you are interested in is item 7 on the agenda and
appears first in the list of reports on our website.

I hope this is of assistance and is sufficient to meet your
requirements, but if, for whatever reason you wish to get back to me,
please feel free to do so. In particular if you are unhappy with the
information provided or how your request was handled please let me know
and I will explain how you can make a complaint to the Council.

Please quote FOI 09-280 in any further correspondence concerning this
request.

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Dear Right2Know,

Many thanks.. for publishing the information the day before the
meeting. Please view this as a complaint.. as it is understood that
the information should be published at least three working days
prior to a meeting.

The various reports produced by the officers seem to identify a
complete lack of engagement with reality.

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS

Dear Mr Carruthers,

The agenda was published at least three working days prior to the
meeting - the agenda was printed last week and was available to the
public to inspect from Wednesday 11 November 09, however, as you
correctly point out, the information was not published on our website
until the day before the meeting, which I apologise for.

In light of the above, do you still require this to be dealt with as a
formal complaint?

Regards

Emma Nangle
Information Rights Officer
South Norfolk Council
Long Stratton Norwich
NR15 2XE
tel: 01508 533747
email: [South Norfolk District Council request email]
website: www.south-norfolk.gov.uk

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Dear Right2Know,

You have nothing to apologise for.. the Council's Monitoring
officer is it is understood responsible for publishing the papers.
The complaint stands.

There are serious issues with the Council's Complaints procedure..
as it appears to be used by officers to disguise their acts.

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS

Dear Mr Carruthers

Since replying to your email below, I have been informed that this
Council has resolved not to deal with complaints from yourself, only
those matters which we have a statutory obligation to deal with - which
this is not.

Therefore I will not be dealing with your complaint or any subsequent
emails from yourself regarding this matter.

Regards

Emma Nangle
Information Rights Officer
South Norfolk Council
Long Stratton Norwich
NR15 2XE
tel: 01508 533747
email: [South Norfolk District Council request email]
website: www.south-norfolk.gov.uk

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Dear Emma Nangle,

I understood that FOIA was statutory.. perhaps you would ask the
Solicitor to the Council if that is the case... who I hold in the
greatest regard.

Engage your complaints process.

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS