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This person's 672 Freedom of Information requests

New Ombudsman Please provide details of the number of complaints that Jane Martin has personally determined in her first 20 days as an Local Government Ombudsman... Awaiting response.
Request sent to Local Government Ombudsmen by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 8 February 2010.
Register Every time the ICO forces the LGO to supply the information requested the LGO always look for an excuse rather than admit they were wrong in refusing... Partially successful.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by Trevor R Nunn on 1 February 2010.
Training Dear Mr Carruthers Our ref: CS/09/133 I attach a letter in response to the request below. Yours sincerely Hilary Pook Communications & Records Man... Partially successful.
Some information sent by Local Government Ombudsmen to Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 25 January 2010.
Organigramme's Dear Mr Carruthers Our ref: CS/09/132 I attach a letter in response to the request below. Yours sincerely Hilary Pook Communications & Records Man... Partially successful.
Some information sent by Local Government Ombudsmen to Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 21 January 2010.
Report ref 08 016 986 Dear Mr Carruthers, Please find attached the Council's response to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Yours Si... Partially successful.
Some information sent by Waltham Forest Borough Council to Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 14 January 2010.
Link Officer Courses Dear Mr Carruthers Our ref: CS/09/125 Apologies of the slight delay in responding to this request, but my response is now attached. Yours sincerely... Rejected.
Rejection by Local Government Ombudsmen to Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 15 December 2009.
More supporting documents More here http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/cost_of_investigating_a_complain_2#outgoing-45919 Partially successful.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by Trevor R Nunn on 15 December 2009.
CLAE payments As a reason for failing to respond to this FOI request in a timely fashion their FOI officer states "This is due to pressure of work - particularly t... Long overdue.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by Trevor R Nunn on 14 December 2009.
Effectiveness Shc - Great request. Partially successful.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by George Cant on 9 December 2009.
Registers II Dear Mr Carruthers Our ref: CS/09/127 Can I just clarify - the registers have changed, and I can supply redacted versions - but you specifically ask... Awaiting internal review.
Internal review acknowledgement by Local Government Ombudsmen to Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 9 December 2009.
CIPFA Dear Mr Carruthers Our ref: CS/09/126 I attach a letter in response to the request below. Yours sincerely Hilary Pook Communications & Records Ma... Partially successful.
Some information sent by Local Government Ombudsmen to Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 9 December 2009.
Luton Borough Council (07B13378) Dear Mr Carruthers, Our Ref: 2009-370_FOI Please see attached the response to your recent enquiry for information held by the Council under Freedo... Partially successful.
Some information sent by Luton Borough Council to Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 8 December 2009.
Complaints systems Tagging this as its relating to one i have with the audit commission Successful.
Request to Audit Commission by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by George Cant on 7 December 2009.
Hospitality register Dear Mr Carruthers Our ref: CS/09/124 Please find a letter attached in response to the request below Yours sincerely Hilary Pook Communications &... Rejected.
Rejection by Local Government Ombudsmen to Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 3 December 2009.
Page 10 Dear Mr Carruthers Our ref: CS/09/123 I attach a letter in response to the request below Yours sincerely Hilary Pook Communications & Records Mana... Information not held.
Information not held by Local Government Ombudsmen to Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 3 December 2009.
Authorisation Dear Mr Carruthers Our ref: CS/09/122 I attach a letter in response to the request below. Yours sincerely Hilary Pook Communications & Records Man... Rejected.
Rejection by Local Government Ombudsmen to Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 3 December 2009.
Code on Access to Information Dear Mr Carruthers Our ref: CS/09/073 Mr Karney has considered your request and asked me to send you the old Code on Access to Information referred... Successful.
All information sent by Local Government Ombudsmen to Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 2 December 2009.
abolition of SNDC Dear Mr Carruthers I refer to your Freedom of Information request to which I am now in a position to respond. Please find attached the paper that was... Successful.
All information sent by South Norfolk District Council to Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 30 November 2009.
CLAE Code of Conduct Dear Mr Carruthers Please find attached a letter from the Ombudsman in response to your request for a review of the decision made in relation to your... Information not held.
Information not held by Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 30 November 2009.
new areas of work Before taking s36 to the ICO there are a number of issues - as the CLAE budget reports already identify that grant funding has been made available... Awaiting internal review.
Internal review request sent to Local Government Ombudsmen by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 29 November 2009.
Land Charges II I am so sorry that you regard information requests that identify various failures of the SNDC as being vexatious. This is not the case. They relate... Awaiting internal review.
Internal review request sent to South Norfolk District Council by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 29 November 2009.
Rental & Training Income Dear Mr Carruthers Our ref: CS/09/128 This is to acknowledge receipt of your request for information below. We will respond within the 20 working d... Long overdue.
Acknowledgement by Local Government Ombudsmen to Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 26 November 2009.
LGA & LCFLG Dear Stuart I am responding to your request for grant payments made by Central Government to the Local Government Association (LGA) and the LGA fami... Partially successful.
Some information sent by Department for Communities and Local Government to Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 20 November 2009.
New Ombudsman I have followed the links to http://cms.parliament.uk/documents/upload/Commons-publication-scheme2009.pdf and the publication is not there.. I am... Awaiting internal review.
Internal review request sent to House of Commons by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 19 November 2009.
Wednesday 18 November 2009 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.... Awaiting internal review.
Internal review request sent to South Norfolk District Council by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 17 November 2009.

This person's 136 annotations

Lies to the Ombudsman The members code attached is not valid and was not authorised by the CLAE it was imposed by Chairs Action in October 2008 when the CLAE Code on Access... Partially successful.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by Arthur Peasgill. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 25 November 2009.
Audit Commission Campaign to obtain copies of full electoral register in order to label large numbers of electors receiving a single person discount as 'high risk fraud cases' on the spurious grounds that by matching it with council tax data sets it can tell when people are not entitled to a Section 11 discount of 25% or that at some point months or years before the electoral register in question was compiled electors had made false claims about who lived at their address Council's issue summons for about 4 million liability notices for Council Tax a year. The data matching should allow identification of acts of harrasm... Partially successful.
Request to Electoral Commission by K Hodgkinson. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 20 November 2009.
Cost of investigating a complaint response: The supporting documents. The CLAE have experienced a 'cut' in investigators of about 30 per cent (i.e. redundancy and moving staff to provide training to Council's). In July... Information not held.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 17 November 2009.
LG Act 1974 Part III Section 32(3) notices This Council is different.. (but probably not that different to others). The Officers when caught simply seek to exclude you from the complaints proce... Information not held.
Request to South Norfolk District Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 17 November 2009.
abolition of SNDC the issues are also being discussed here.. http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCate... Successful.
Request to South Norfolk District Council by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 14 November 2009.
Registers II The CLAE are referred to their members own decision making when administering the Code on Access to Information http://www.ombudsman.org.uk/improvin... Awaiting internal review.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 14 November 2009.
Report ref 08 016 986 Issues discussed here: http://www.amv3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1350&sid=b6079a9cc882eea395617921c0381b1f Partially successful.
Request to Waltham Forest Borough Council by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 6 November 2009.
report 07C03887 Issues discussed here: http://www.amv3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1350&p=11960#p11960 Successful.
Request to Bury Borough Council by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 5 November 2009.
EXPENSES CLAIMED BY LGO JERRY WHITE The issues are discussed here: http://www.amv3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1333 Awaiting internal review.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by mark price. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 4 November 2009.
Petition response to scrap the LGO Hmmm a doppleganger The CLG only worked from the annual report of the LGO.. this has not been subject to any scrutiny. The role of the LGO is well u... Successful.
Request to Department for Communities and Local Government by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 4 November 2009.
LG Act 1974 Part III Section 32(3) notices This Council has on numerous occassions supplied false documents to the LGO.. and in each instance the LGO has discontinued their investigations. This... Information not held.
Request to South Norfolk District Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 2 November 2009.
Luton Borough Council (07B13378) Link to issues here: http://amv3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1344 Partially successful.
Request to Luton Borough Council by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 1 November 2009.
LG Act 1974 Part III Section 32(3) notices http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/agency_worker_agreements_contrac_5 The Council is refusing to answer your request because it has a reasonable s... Rejected.
Request to Brent Borough Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 29 October 2009.
what constitutes a cost of investigating a complaint and compensatory payments? There are three different cost centres associated with investigating a complaint. There is also a central support service. The York Office is on recor... Partially successful.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by George Cant. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 27 October 2009.
Complaints about the Local Government Ombudsman So how many since 2008 - ministerial and citizen.. ??? Long overdue.
Request to Department for Communities and Local Government by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 21 October 2009.
Financial statistics and detail outlining the Furniture Rental Scheme run by Oldham Council http://www.amv3.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9 http://www.psow.co.uk Copies of the staff handbook are available on the LGO site.. and you can acces... Information not held.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by Andrew Brophy. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 14 October 2009.
Local Government Ombudsman There has been at least one refusal by the council to comply with an LGO's recommendations http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/compliance interes... Successful.
Request to North Tyneside Borough Council by gary smith. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 13 October 2009.
Staff Handbook The issues are discussed here http://www.amv3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1309 Partially successful.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 13 October 2009.
CLAE Register The issues are discussed here: http://www.amv3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1211&start=0 Partially successful.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 10 October 2009.
s175 PIHA The issues are also being discussed here: http://www.amv3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1197 The CLAE are currently determining if they will make... Awaiting internal review.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 10 October 2009.
Complaint made by Governor from Overton Grange Community School Sutton against London Borough of Sutton You appear not to be making a complaint about the handling of your request. You appear to be making a complaint about the CLAE publication scheme - a... Awaiting internal review.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by James Martin. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 28 September 2009.
Neighbour consultation letter http://www.amv3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1243 The issues are discussed at the above link Partially successful.
Request to Chorley Borough Council by Robert Dootson. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 9 September 2009.
Statement of Reasons And here http://www.amv3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1197&sid=3160f74956b7acc45666aa4e86ddb0fe Partially successful.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 7 September 2009.
compleate copy of munuits Did you notice that they were looking at withdrawing their advertising from the local papers when the minutes were published.. NEL27 16th July, 2009... Awaiting internal review.
Request to North East Lincolnshire Council by George Cant. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 4 September 2009.
compleate copy of munuits You can ask the District Auditor for a copy of their record of the meeting. I would anticipate that they were also accompanied by the Relationship Man... Awaiting internal review.
Request to North East Lincolnshire Council by George Cant. Annotated by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS on 4 September 2009.