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T Thomas
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This person's 88 Freedom of Information requests
Freedom of Information requests
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by Bury Metropolitan Borough Council to T Thomas on 11 May 2010.
Partially successful.
The information is, in the main, not held in any recorded format
but in response to the request we have dealt with a similar request
recently and pr...
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by Blackpool Borough Council to T Thomas on 29 March 2010.
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Our Ref: DT/Thomas/F3
Dear Mr Thomas
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST AND INTERNAL
REVIEW
Further to your email correspond...
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by Waverley Borough Council to T Thomas on 18 March 2010.
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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...
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sent to Warrington Borough Council by T Thomas on 2 January 2010.
Refused.
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...
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sent to Stroud District Council by T Thomas on 29 November 2009.
Awaiting internal review.
Still waiting for the internal review into my FOI request.
Yours faithfully,
T Thomas
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sent to South Shropshire District Council by T Thomas on 29 November 2009.
Awaiting internal review.
Still waiting for the internal review of my FOI request.
Yours sincerely,
T Thomas
Freedom of Information requests
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And this FOI request illustrates your point.
Breaching the 20 day FOI deadline.
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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...
Publication of Information
Withdrawn by the requester.
Alex, thank you for the information.
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sent to Torridge District Council by T Thomas on 17 July 2009.
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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....
Breaking the law
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by Carmarthenshire Council to T Thomas on 6 July 2009.
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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...
FOI requests
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This may help.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/foi_exceptions
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by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council to T Thomas on 10 March 2009.
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Dear T Thomas,
I am writing in response to your request for information below (ref 1585).
Please find below Stockport Council's response:
1)h...
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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....
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Blog post about this request:
http://thanetstar.com/article/thanet-district-council-lied-in-a-freedom-of-information-request-and-i-can-prove-it
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by Craven District Council to T Thomas on 5 March 2009.
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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...
Cemeteries and local settlements.
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by Local Government Ombudsmen to T Thomas on 26 February 2009.
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Dear Mr Thomas
Please find attached a letter in response to the request below.
Yours sincerely
Hilary Pook
Communications & Records Manager
Local G...
Memorandum of understanding
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sent to Woking Borough Council by T Thomas on 25 February 2009.
Information not held.
Woking Council Constitution
10.03 Statutory Functions of the Monitoring Officer
(b) Ensuring lawfulness and fairness of decision making. After...
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by Medway Council to T Thomas on 20 February 2009.
Partially successful.
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 de...
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Informed a councillor. Let's see if they do anything about the problem.
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Awaiting internal review.
by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council to T Thomas on 27 January 2009.
Awaiting internal review.
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...
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Internal review request
sent to Vale Royal Borough Council by T Thomas on 9 January 2009.
Awaiting internal review.
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...
Children in care
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by Haringey Borough Council to T Thomas on 18 December 2008.
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Dear T Thomas,
Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request.
Thank you,
Elena Kekkos
PA to Deputy Director -...
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by Cheshire County Council to T Thomas on 18 December 2008.
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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...
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by Harrow Borough Council to T Thomas on 17 December 2008.
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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...
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Dr Jane Martin, Coventry based Ombudsman
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Trevor
DNFTT
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Request to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council by T Thomas. Annotated by T Thomas on 12 February 2010.
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I have today asked the Information Commissioner to help resolve this matter.
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I have involved the Information Commissioner.
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I have asked the Information Commissioner to investigate.
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And this FOI request illustrates your point.
Cost of investigating a complaint
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You appear to have identified that complainants need to suffer a substantial amount of injustice through a serious act of council maladministration th...
LG ACT 1974 Part III, Section 32(3) notices
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Another complainant is also discussing the issue here
http://www.amv3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1245
Breaching the 20 day FOI deadline.
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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...
Publication of Information
Withdrawn by the requester.
Alex, thank you for the information.
Publication of Information
Withdrawn by the requester.
This was returned when I used their search bar.
http://coventry-live-search.runtime-collective.com/search/directory/12706/?term=&Submit=GO&page=&
alegations of abuse within the home educating community
Request to Cheshire West and Chester Council by Anita Cameron. Annotated by T Thomas on 21 July 2009.
Long overdue.
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...
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...
LGO investigations.
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In addition to my previous comment, the following statement is extracted from the councils initial reply. Proving categorically they new at that time...
LGO investigations.
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Section 1(3) quoted by Alex above states
Where a public authority—
(a) reasonably requires further information in order to identify and locate the...
LGO investigations.
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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...
Blacklists
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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...
Blacklists
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Being discussed here!
http://www.amv3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1182&p=10135#p10135
The truth about the LGO's complaince rates!
Request to Department for Communities and Local Government by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 27 June 2009.
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Not the first government department that provided Number 10 with a dodgy dossier which they could mislead the public with.
FOI requests
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Slowly slowly catchy monkey.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/breaking_the_law
council functions
Request to Hastings Borough Council by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by T Thomas on 25 June 2009.
Partially successful.
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...
FoI Authorization
Request to Department for Communities and Local Government by Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS. Annotated by T Thomas on 12 June 2009.
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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...
Memorandum of understanding
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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...
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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...
LGO investigations.
Request to Staffordshire County Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by T Thomas on 20 February 2009.
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What do you expect when the person who carried out the review works for the monitoring officer.
Freedom of Information requests
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Informed a councillor. Let's see if they do anything about the problem.
