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Paul Swift
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Serco contract with Sandwell Council
Follow up
sent to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council by Paul Swift on 20 December 2011.
Waiting clarification.
Many thanks for your reply.
I am a little confused here, who sent those letters out, Sandwell Council or Serco ?
Did Sandwell Council know that th...
Waste contract with Serco
Request to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council by Paul Swift. Annotated by craig jones on 10 November 2011.
Successful.
Could you help with this: http://investigatingserco.posterous.com/ ?
Interment fees at Heath Lane Cemetery
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by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Swift on 31 August 2011.
Successful.
Dear Mr Swift
Freedom of Information request
Reference your Freedom of Information requests concerning the breakdown of
burial related fees....
Breakdown of actual costs associated with aditional inscription on headstones
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by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Swift on 29 July 2011.
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Dear Mr Swift
Freedom of Information request
Reference your Freedom of Information requests concerning the breakdown of
burial related fees....
Income & spend from parking at Sandwell Hospital
Follow up
sent to Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust by Paul Swift on 30 March 2011.
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Many thanks for your speedy response
Yours sincerely,
Paul Swift
Have any Sandwell councillors been given funding for laptops or Personal Computers
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by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Swift on 12 July 2010.
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Dear Mr Swift
Once again I can only apologise on behalf of the Council and offer you alternative contact details for Councillors should you wish to t...
The New Tesco's Project in West Bromwich
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by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Swift on 25 May 2010.
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Dear Mr Swift,
Firstly, please accept my apologies on behalf of the Council for the
serious delay in responding to this enquiry. However, please...
The dropping of kerbs for driveways in Sandwell
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by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Swift on 17 May 2010.
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Dear Mr Swift, Further to your recent enquiry concerning the
construction of vehicular footway crossings. The Council do not sub
contract the constr...
Swimming Baths site on the Jesson Playing Fields
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by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Swift on 11 May 2010.
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Dear Mr Swift,
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) concern related to a development scheme within the Greets Green area that was at planning stage...
How much did it cost to fly the contestants to Argentina for 'Total Wipeout'
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Paul Swift. Annotated by Jim Smitheman on 3 April 2010.
Refused.
Dont give up Paul. This is yet another example of the public sector squandering wealth created in the private sector. On top of that its a crap progra...
New Swimming Baths on the Jesson Playing Fields
Request to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council by Paul Swift. Annotated by Francis Irving on 3 March 2010.
Successful.
Just to add to the authority's useful explanation of how WhatDoTheyKnow works.
Since this request was made, we've altered our code so if a requeste...
How many Gravestones have been made safe at Heath Lane Cemetery
Request to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council by Paul Swift. Annotated by Deborah Partridge on 5 January 2010.
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Thankyou Paul for your efforts. My father's stone as been destroyed, in my opinion unnecessarily and I am having to battle to get answers. My fathers...
Is Sandwell Hospital slowly been run down ?
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by Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust to Paul Swift on 14 July 2009.
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Dear Mr Swift,
If you could provide me your Father's details, including date of birth
and full name, then I can start to investigate your concerns fu...
Breakdown of costs for the Dog portraits at the pUBLIC Arts building
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by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Swift on 18 May 2009.
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Dear Mr Swift,
I can confirm that the Council had no input into the running of the Dog Portrait event and that no money was transferred between the P...
Land left after demolition
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by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Swift on 9 March 2009.
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Dear Mr Swift, I am writing regarding a recent customer satisfaction
survey which was issued by my team. Having looked at the details of your
enquir...
Funding for the pUBLIC Arts Centre
Request to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council by Paul Swift. Annotated by Francis Irving on 27 February 2009.
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The last response was to this request, and now also appears on it.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/events_at_the_public_buildingcos
What is the income from Parking charges at Sandwell Hospital and what are the running costs
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by Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust to Paul Swift on 16 February 2009.
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Dear Mr Swift,
The direct pay figure includes the cost of security staff,
administration and car park attendants (which patrol the car parks and
coll...
Events at the pUBLIC Building.....costs
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by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Swift on 6 February 2009.
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Dear Mr Swift,
I refer to your recent email to the Council submitted via the "whatdotheyknow" website, in which you requested a review of the email s...
Councillors Pensions paid for by Rate Payers
Partially successful.
by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Swift on 15 January 2009.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Swift,
Thank you for your email.
I take your point that this refers to public money and it is clearly the case that the public have a right...
What is the income from Parking charges at Sandwell Hospital and what are the running costs
Follow up
sent to Sandwell Primary Care Trust (PCT) by Paul Swift on 14 January 2009.
Information not held.
Many thanks to eventually answering my query and pointing me in the right direction, even though it took over a month and with confused generic answ...
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Gate Takings at Fireworks Display 2011
Request to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council by A Jones. Annotated by Paul Swift on 27 December 2011.
Awaiting classification.
I too would like to know the answers and as a Council Tax payer in Sandwell I am appalled at the delay in this request, a request which answers should...
Sandwell Arts Festival
Request to Sandwell Primary Care Trust (PCT) by Peter Day. Annotated by Paul Swift on 13 October 2010.
Successful.
I am appalled at the LONG delay in answering this basic question, I too would like to know what support and at what cost the PCT has in this project
Expenses and Hospitality
Request to Sandwell Primary Care Trust (PCT) by Gerry Hallright. Annotated by Paul Swift on 13 October 2010.
Partially successful.
The Chelsea v Man Utd match was played a week before the date given, it was played on the 21st September 2008 not the 28th ????
Cost of "You Said, We Did' campaign
Request to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council by Peter Day. Annotated by Paul Swift on 23 July 2010.
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AND I didn't get an email ?
Who exactly are the "10,000" people that were emailed and where did the email addresses come from ?
Cost of "You Said, We Did' campaign
Request to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council by Peter Day. Annotated by Paul Swift on 23 July 2010.
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We didn't get a flyer through our door and we live right in the centre of West Bromwich ??
Hazardous substance consents at Rhodia's Trinity Street factory Oldbury
Request to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council by Mr Carroll. Annotated by Paul Swift on 7 July 2010.
Partially successful.
I would like to see the full and open answers to this request on this site so that we can all see
This is the main reason why the request was made on...
How much did it cost to fly the contestants to Argentina for 'Total Wipeout'
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Paul Swift. Annotated by Paul Swift on 2 February 2010.
Refused.
Fred, No it isn't, it's filmed on a permanent course in Buenos Aires in Argentina.
The only thing that is in the UK is Richard Hammond when he commen...
Events at the pUBLIC Building.....costs
Request to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council by Paul Swift. Annotated by Paul Swift on 28 January 2009.
Successful.
I have had to get in touch with this Freedom Of Information site to move the answer given by Mr Costello to this request as it was put on the wrong re...
