Dear Sir or Madam,

what constitutes a cost of investigating a complaint and
compensatory payments?

As one of the reasons you use for not investigating complaints of
maladministration is costs, I would like to know how you break that
down.
Dose this include your staff costs, office costs, admin costs, if
so, what is the figure you use for each, please include any other
items you break this charge down with.

Or, do you have set 'per hour' costs that covers everything ?

Apart from your general office cost, staff wages, what are the
other costs considered in this figure.

What framework do you use to consider this, what safety s are built
into it.

On a similar vain,

What figures, guidance or framework do you use when recommending
compensatory payments.

How do you calculate them ?

If the answers to any of the above are 'Discretionary powers of the
investigating officer/ombudsman' please send me any documents or
reports or study s you have done into checks and balances ensuring
these are fare and reflect the actual cost incurred both sides.

Have you done any study s, reports checking/comparing outcomes of
cases you investigate and compensation you suggest, to similar real
world uk legal cases, if not, what checks balances do you use to
ensure your, ' judicial outcomes' reflect real world examples

Yours faithfully,

George Cant

Dear Mr Cant

Our ref: CS/09/101

This is to acknowledge receipt of your request below. We will respond within the 20 working day target (which would be by 29 October 2009) or, if unable to do so, we will write to you again explaining why.

Yours sincerely

Hilary Pook
Communications & Records Manager
Local Government Ombudsman's Office
Tel: 020 7217 4734
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Dear Mr Cant

Our ref: CS/09/101

I attach a letter in response to the request below.

Yours sincerely

Hilary Pook
Communications & Records Manager | DL: 020 7217 4734 |
Local Government Ombudsman's offfice | 10th Floor |
Millbank Tower | Millbank | London | SW1P 4QP |
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