Council Resources/support for Swansea Civil Justice Centre

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Swansea Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Swansea Council,

As disclosed in publicly available records City & County of Swansea Council have been making services/resources available to or for the Swansea Civil Justice Centre over the last few years.

This appears to be applying council or council taxpayer resources to functions of the Ministry of Justice/Central government [for use primarily by lawyers, judges and other court users aware of these services].

Please can you provide the following information;

1. An estimate of the cost [or accurate costs if available] to the Council/council taxpayer of providing such services or resources from 01.10.2016 to 30.09.2018

2. The amounts recovered from the Ministry of Justice and/or HM Courts & Tribunal Service for this period.

3. A council or cabinet report [or a single councillor authorisation] authorising such expenditure or use of Council services/resources and identifying the supporting/sponsoring department/officer. [Councillors as the guardians of council assets/resources should be authorising such expenditure rather than senior officers/directors].

Please provide any information in electronic format.

Thank you in anticipation.

Yours faithfully,

Gwynne Davies

Freedom of Information (Mailbox), Swansea Council

Bydd y manylion rydych wedi'u darparu'n cael eu trosglwyddo i'r adran
neu'r adrannau perthnasol sy'n cadw'r wybodaeth.

Bydd eich cais yn cael ei brosesu o fewn 20 niwrnod gwaith oni bai bod
angen mwy o fanylion oddi wrthych. Os dyma'r achos, byddwn yn cycylltu â
chi drwy'r manylion rydych wedi'u darparu ar y ffurflen hon.

Ni chodir ffi am wneud cais, os na fydd yr wybodaeth yn costio mwy na £450
i'r Awdurdod ei darparu. Os dyma fydd yr achos, byddwch yn cael eich
hysbysu.

 

 

 

The details you have provided will be passed on to the relevant department
or departments that hold the information.

 

Your request will be processed within 20 working days unless we require
more details from you. If this is the case, you will be contacted via the
details you have given on this form.

 

There is no fee for making a request, provided the information does not
cost the council more than £450 to produce. If this is the case you will
be informed.

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Mabula, Rachel, Swansea Council

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Dear Mr Davies

 

Please find attached a response to your request for information dated
24^th October 2018.

 

 

Many Thanks

Information Governance Unit/Uned Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth

City & County of Swansea/Dinas A Sir Abertawe

 

 

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Dear Mabula, Rachel,
Thank you for your response to the request below;

Link.
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...

Whilst the information provided may be of interest, the request for the information related to the Swansea Civil Justice Centre [Caravella House], not the Swansea Crown Court [The Guildhall].

Please therefore review the information available as there must be records of the Council resources provided to the Swansea Civil Justice Centre [Caravella House] and provide the information to which the request relates.

I await the information in early course and thank you in anticipation.

Yours sincerely,

Gwynne Davies

Mabula, Rachel, Swansea Council

Dear Mr Davies

Thank you for your below email, my letter of 20th November 2018 outlines the method to follow if you are unhappy with my response. I regret I myself am not able to enter into any further correspondence on this matter.

Thank you,

Rachel Mabula

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Dear Swansea Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Swansea Council's handling of my FOI request 'Council Resources/support for Swansea Civil Justice Centre'.

The information requested was not provided [or confirmed not to be available] and other substitute but not relevant information was provided.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...

I await to hear from you.

Yours faithfully,

Gwynne Davies

Freedom of Information (Mailbox), Swansea Council

Bydd y manylion rydych wedi'u darparu'n cael eu trosglwyddo i'r adran
neu'r adrannau perthnasol sy'n cadw'r wybodaeth.

Bydd eich cais yn cael ei brosesu o fewn 20 niwrnod gwaith oni bai bod
angen mwy o fanylion oddi wrthych. Os dyma'r achos, byddwn yn cycylltu â
chi drwy'r manylion rydych wedi'u darparu ar y ffurflen hon.

Ni chodir ffi am wneud cais, os na fydd yr wybodaeth yn costio mwy na £450
i'r Awdurdod ei darparu. Os dyma fydd yr achos, byddwch yn cael eich
hysbysu.

 

 

 

The details you have provided will be passed on to the relevant department
or departments that hold the information.

 

Your request will be processed within 20 working days unless we require
more details from you. If this is the case, you will be contacted via the
details you have given on this form.

 

There is no fee for making a request, provided the information does not
cost the council more than £450 to produce. If this is the case you will
be informed.

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Davies, Jan, Swansea Council

Dear Mr Davies,

Thank you for your email which I have passed to the Complaints Manager to carry out a review.

Regards,

Jan Davies
Swyddog Cwynion
Complaints Officer
01792 637548
[email address]

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Nicholas-Humphreys, Julie, Swansea Council

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Dear Mr Davies,

 

Please see attached your FOI Review response.

 

Kind Regards,

 

[1][IMG]        Julie Nicholas-Humphreys
        Rheolwr Gwasanaethau Cwsmeriad & Cwynion
        Customer Service & Complaints Manager

 

*  [2][email address]

*  [3][email address]

 

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Croesewir gohebiaeth yn y Gymraeg a byddwn yn ymdrin â gohebiaeth Gymraeg
a Saesneg i'r un safonau ac amserlenni.

We welcome correspondence in Welsh and will deal with Welsh and English
correspondence to the same standards and timescales

 

                                         

 

 

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Dear Nicholas-Humphreys, Julie,

Thanks for your response - but the Guildhall is not the Swansea Civil Justice Centre.

I have not received the information requested!

Yours sincerely,

Gwynne Davies

Dear Nicholas-Humphreys, Julie,

Are you now able to supply the information requested for the correct building, viz Swansea Civil Justice Centre - Caravella House, not The Guildhall?

Yours sincerely,

Gwynne Davies

Nicholas-Humphreys, Julie, Swansea Council

Rydw i bant or swyddfa nes bod diwedd Gorffenaf oherwydd salwch

 

Ni chaiff negeseuon ebost eu darllen yn fy absenoldeb ond os yw'ch
ymholiad yn un brys, cysylltwch ag un o Reholwr y Gwasanaethau Cwsmeriad
drwy ffonio 01792 636000

 

I am away from the office until the end of July due to ill health

 

My emails will not be read in my absence but if your enquiry is urgent
please contact 01792 636000 and ask for a Manager in Customer Services

 

Julie Nicholas-Humphreys

 

Rheolwr Gwasanaethau Cwsmeriad a Chwynion

Customer Service & Complaints Manager

 

Dwi'n siarad Cymraeg - Ysgrifennwch ataf yn Gymraeg ney Saesneg

Please write to me in Welsh or English

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Dear Swansea Council,

Are you now able to provide the information for this request [repeated below] viz

Thank you for your response to the request below;

Link.
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...

Whilst the information provided may be of interest, the request for the information related to the Swansea Civil Justice Centre [Caravella House], not the Swansea Crown Court [The Guildhall].

Please therefore review the information available as there must be records of the Council resources provided to the Swansea Civil Justice Centre [Caravella House] and provide the information to which the request relates.

I await the information in early course and thank you in anticipation.

Yours sincerely,

Gwynne Davies

Yours faithfully,

Gwynne Davies

Freedom of Information (Mailbox), Swansea Council

Bydd y manylion rydych wedi'u darparu'n cael eu trosglwyddo i'r adran
neu'r adrannau perthnasol sy'n cadw'r wybodaeth.

Bydd eich cais yn cael ei brosesu o fewn 20 niwrnod gwaith oni bai bod
angen mwy o fanylion oddi wrthych. Os dyma'r achos, byddwn yn cycylltu â
chi drwy'r manylion rydych wedi'u darparu ar y ffurflen hon.

Ni chodir ffi am wneud cais, os na fydd yr wybodaeth yn costio mwy na £450
i'r Awdurdod ei darparu. Os dyma fydd yr achos, byddwch yn cael eich
hysbysu.

 

 

 

The details you have provided will be passed on to the relevant department
or departments that hold the information.

 

Your request will be processed within 20 working days unless we require
more details from you. If this is the case, you will be contacted via the
details you have given on this form.

 

There is no fee for making a request, provided the information does not
cost the council more than £450 to produce. If this is the case you will
be informed.

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Freedom of Information (Mailbox), Swansea Council

Good afternoon,

I will chase the response for you today.

Regards

Julie Williams
Swyddog Cwynion
Complaints Officer

C 01792 637290
0 [email address]
J [email address]

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