T Thomas
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This person's 88 Freedom of Information requests
Freedom of Information requests
Dear Sirs
Please refer to the attached letter by way of response to the Freedom of
Information request referred to the Information Commissioner's Of...
Partially successful.
Some information sent by Waverley Borough Council to T Thomas on 18 March 2010.
Some information sent by Waverley Borough Council to T Thomas on 18 March 2010.
Freedom of Information requests
Please make sure to ask the ICO to issue a Decision Notice against the Council. Section 50 of the FoIA gives them no choice but to do so in these circ...
Information not held.
Request to Bury Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by watchingyou on 14 February 2010.
Request to Bury Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by watchingyou on 14 February 2010.
Freedom of Information requests
I have asked the Information Commissioner to investigate.
Awaiting internal review.
Request to Blackpool Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 12 February 2010.
Request to Blackpool Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 12 February 2010.
Freedom of Information requests
You contradict yourself by now suggesting that it would cost too much to find the information when you originally stated you did not hold the infor...
Rejected.
Follow up sent to Warrington Borough Council by T Thomas on 2 January 2010.
Follow up sent to Warrington Borough Council by T Thomas on 2 January 2010.
Freedom of Information requests
Still waiting for the internal review into my FOI request.
Yours faithfully,
T Thomas
Awaiting internal review.
Follow up sent to Stroud District Council by T Thomas on 29 November 2009.
Follow up sent to Stroud District Council by T Thomas on 29 November 2009.
Freedom of Information requests
Still waiting for the internal review of my FOI request.
Yours sincerely,
T Thomas
Awaiting internal review.
Follow up sent to South Shropshire District Council by T Thomas on 29 November 2009.
Follow up sent to South Shropshire District Council by T Thomas on 29 November 2009.
Freedom of Information requests
And this FOI request illustrates your point.
Successful.
Request to Manchester City Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 9 October 2009.
Request to Manchester City Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 9 October 2009.
Breaching the 20 day FOI deadline.
So the answer to my question is 196 freedom of information requests received. Whilst 70 (over a third) not being answered within the legal 20 day dead...
Successful.
Request to Cheshire West & Chester Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 13 August 2009.
Request to Cheshire West & Chester Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 13 August 2009.
Publication of Information
Alex, thank you for the information.
Withdrawn by the requester.
Request to Coventry City Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 26 July 2009.
Request to Coventry City Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 26 July 2009.
Freedom of Information requests
Thank you for the information. I am aware from other requests that this website has been using out of date contact details for a number of council....
Successful.
Follow up sent to Torridge District Council by T Thomas on 17 July 2009.
Follow up sent to Torridge District Council by T Thomas on 17 July 2009.
Breaking the law
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for your request for information regarding breaches of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000, which was received on 26th June...
Partially successful.
Some information sent by Carmarthenshire Council to T Thomas on 6 July 2009.
Some information sent by Carmarthenshire Council to T Thomas on 6 July 2009.
FOI requests
This may help.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/foi_exceptions
Successful.
Request to Carmarthenshire Council by T Thomas. Annotated by A Johnson on 26 June 2009.
Request to Carmarthenshire Council by T Thomas. Annotated by A Johnson on 26 June 2009.
Freedom of Information requests
Dear T Thomas,
I am writing in response to your request for information below (ref 1585).
Please find below Stockport Council's response:
1)...
Partially successful.
Some information sent by Stockport Borough Council to T Thomas on 10 March 2009.
Some information sent by Stockport Borough Council to T Thomas on 10 March 2009.
Freedom of Information requests
One of the FOI Act main exclusions is the authority does not hold the information in a recorded form. Hence no doubt the response to this FOI request....
Information not held.
Request to Woking Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by Anne Hide on 8 March 2009.
Request to Woking Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by Anne Hide on 8 March 2009.
Freedom of Information requests
Blog post about this request:
http://thanetstar.com/article/thanet-district-council-lied-in-a-freedom-of-information-request-and-i-can-prove-it
Successful.
Request to Thanet District Council by T Thomas. Annotated by Francis Irving on 7 March 2009.
Request to Thanet District Council by T Thomas. Annotated by Francis Irving on 7 March 2009.
Freedom of Information requests
Dear Mr Thomas
Thank you for your email detailed below.
As you may be aware, emails from your website have not been getting
through this Council's f...
Successful.
All information sent by Craven District Council to T Thomas on 5 March 2009.
All information sent by Craven District Council to T Thomas on 5 March 2009.
Cemeteries and local settlements.
Dear Mr Thomas
Please find attached a letter in response to the request below.
Yours sincerely
Hilary Pook
Communications & Records Manager
Local G...
Successful.
All information sent by Local Government Ombudsmen to T Thomas on 26 February 2009.
All information sent by Local Government Ombudsmen to T Thomas on 26 February 2009.
Memorandum of understanding
Woking Council Constitution
10.03 Statutory Functions of the Monitoring Officer
(b) Ensuring lawfulness and fairness of decision making. After...
Information not held.
Follow up sent to Woking Borough Council by T Thomas on 25 February 2009.
Follow up sent to Woking Borough Council by T Thomas on 25 February 2009.
Freedom of Information requests
Dear Mr Thomas,
Thank you for the FOI request you made on 28 September 2008, our reference
RFI\2254
I must apologise for the extremely long d...
Partially successful.
Some information sent by Medway Council to T Thomas on 20 February 2009.
Some information sent by Medway Council to T Thomas on 20 February 2009.
Freedom of Information requests
Informed a councillor. Let's see if they do anything about the problem.
Partially successful.
Request to Shepway District Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 19 February 2009.
Request to Shepway District Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 19 February 2009.
Freedom of Information requests
Thank you for your recent email regarding Freedom of Information. Your message has been logged with the reference number below and will be responded t...
Awaiting internal review.
Internal review acknowledgement by Crewe & Nantwich Borough Council to T Thomas on 27 January 2009.
Internal review acknowledgement by Crewe & Nantwich Borough Council to T Thomas on 27 January 2009.
Freedom of Information requests
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Vale Royal Borough C...
Awaiting internal review.
Internal review request sent to Vale Royal Borough Council by T Thomas on 9 January 2009.
Internal review request sent to Vale Royal Borough Council by T Thomas on 9 January 2009.
Children in care
Dear T Thomas,
Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request.
Thank you,
Elena Kekkos
PA to Deputy Director...
Successful.
All information sent by Haringey Borough Council to T Thomas on 18 December 2008.
All information sent by Haringey Borough Council to T Thomas on 18 December 2008.
Freedom of Information requests
Thank you for your enquiry.
The Cheshire County Council has logged just over 1000 enquiries as
requests under the Freedom of Information Act. (2005=2...
Partially successful.
Some information sent by Cheshire County Council to T Thomas on 18 December 2008.
Some information sent by Cheshire County Council to T Thomas on 18 December 2008.
Freedom of Information requests
Dear T Thomas
Thank you for your email. I am sorry I have not been able to locate your
initial request for information, however I can confirm that...
Partially successful.
Some information sent by Harrow Borough Council to T Thomas on 17 December 2008.
Some information sent by Harrow Borough Council to T Thomas on 17 December 2008.
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Freedom of Information requests
I have today asked the Information Commissioner to help resolve this matter.
Information not held.
Request to Bury Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 12 February 2010.
Request to Bury Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 12 February 2010.
Freedom of Information requests
I have involved the Information Commissioner.
Partially successful.
Request to Waverley Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 12 February 2010.
Request to Waverley Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 12 February 2010.
Freedom of Information requests
I have asked the Information Commissioner to investigate.
Awaiting internal review.
Request to Blackpool Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 12 February 2010.
Request to Blackpool Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 12 February 2010.
Freedom of Information requests
And this FOI request illustrates your point.
Successful.
Request to Manchester City Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 9 October 2009.
Request to Manchester City Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 9 October 2009.
Cost of investigating a complaint
You appear to have identified that complainants need to suffer a substantial amount of injustice through a serious act of council maladministration th...
Successful.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 12 September 2009.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 12 September 2009.
LG ACT 1974 Part III, Section 32(3) notices
Another complainant is also discussing the issue here
http://www.amv3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1245
Successful.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 9 September 2009.
Request to Local Government Ombudsmen by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 9 September 2009.
Breaching the 20 day FOI deadline.
So the answer to my question is 196 freedom of information requests received. Whilst 70 (over a third) not being answered within the legal 20 day dead...
Successful.
Request to Cheshire West & Chester Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 13 August 2009.
Request to Cheshire West & Chester Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 13 August 2009.
Publication of Information
Alex, thank you for the information.
Withdrawn by the requester.
Request to Coventry City Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 26 July 2009.
Request to Coventry City Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 26 July 2009.
Publication of Information
This was returned when I used their search bar.
http://coventry-live-search.runtime-collective.com/search/directory/12706/?term=&Submit=GO&page=&
Withdrawn by the requester.
Request to Coventry City Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 26 July 2009.
Request to Coventry City Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 26 July 2009.
alegations of abuse within the home educating community
The council have exceeded the 20 day deadline without a valid reason. They are breaking the law. The requester should submit a request for an internal...
Long overdue.
Request to Cheshire West & Chester Council by Anita Cameron. Annotated by T Thomas on 21 July 2009.
Request to Cheshire West & Chester Council by Anita Cameron. Annotated by T Thomas on 21 July 2009.
Education Counsellors Supporting Pupils in Education Information
The council have exceeded the 20 day deadline without a valid reason. They are breaking the law. The requester should submit a request for an internal...
Long overdue.
Request to Cheshire West & Chester Council by C McEwan. Annotated by T Thomas on 21 July 2009.
Request to Cheshire West & Chester Council by C McEwan. Annotated by T Thomas on 21 July 2009.
LGO investigations.
In addition to my previous comment, the following statement is extracted from the councils initial reply. Proving categorically they new at that time...
Successful.
Request to Coventry City Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 18 July 2009.
Request to Coventry City Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 18 July 2009.
LGO investigations.
Section 1(3) quoted by Alex above states
Where a public authority—
(a) reasonably requires further information in order to identify and locate the...
Successful.
Request to Coventry City Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 18 July 2009.
Request to Coventry City Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 18 July 2009.
LGO investigations.
Nutty
Are you blind?
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/lgo_investigations_72#comment-3482
Or do you get a buzz out of adding irrelevant comm...
Successful.
Request to Coventry City Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 15 July 2009.
Request to Coventry City Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 15 July 2009.
Blacklists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklisted
A blacklist (or black list) is a list or register of persons who, for one reason or another, are being deni...
Successful.
Request to Slough Borough Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 30 June 2009.
Request to Slough Borough Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 30 June 2009.
Blacklists
Being discussed here!
http://www.amv3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1182&p=10135#p10135
Successful.
Request to Slough Borough Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 29 June 2009.
Request to Slough Borough Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 29 June 2009.
The truth about the LGO's complaince rates!
Not the first government department that provided Number 10 with a dodgy dossier which they could mislead the public with.
Successful.
Request to Department for Communities and Local Government by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 27 June 2009.
Request to Department for Communities and Local Government by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 27 June 2009.
FOI requests
Slowly slowly catchy monkey.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/breaking_the_law
Successful.
Request to Carmarthenshire Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 26 June 2009.
Request to Carmarthenshire Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 26 June 2009.
council functions
If a Local Government Ombudsman finds a council guilty of maladministration, then the act, that led to the finding, can only have been carried out by...
Partially successful.
Request to Hastings Borough Council by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by T Thomas on 25 June 2009.
Request to Hastings Borough Council by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by T Thomas on 25 June 2009.
FoI Authorization
If the LGO were the independent body they argue they are, Karney would not need the government's authorisation to apply a public interest test.
Now...
Successful.
Request to Department for Communities and Local Government by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by T Thomas on 12 June 2009.
Request to Department for Communities and Local Government by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by T Thomas on 12 June 2009.
Memorandum of understanding
Peter Bryant, Head of Legal Services, Woking Borough Council does not think it important to record the number of times his council breaks the law rega...
Information not held.
Request to Woking Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 25 February 2009.
Request to Woking Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 25 February 2009.
Freedom of Information requests
Peter Bryant, Head of Legal Services, Woking Borough Council does not think it important to record the number of times his council breaks the law rega...
Information not held.
Request to Woking Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 25 February 2009.
Request to Woking Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 25 February 2009.
LGO investigations.
What do you expect when the person who carried out the review works for the monitoring officer.
Successful.
Request to Staffordshire County Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 20 February 2009.
Request to Staffordshire County Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 20 February 2009.
Freedom of Information requests
Informed a councillor. Let's see if they do anything about the problem.
Partially successful.
Request to Shepway District Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 19 February 2009.
Request to Shepway District Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 19 February 2009.
LGO investigations.
Talk about shooting themselves in the foot. Their ongoing reluctance to supply information requested is just drawing more and more attention to the is...
Successful.
Request to East Cambridgeshire District Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 12 February 2009.
Request to East Cambridgeshire District Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 12 February 2009.

