Favouritism / Nepotism by Council towards day centres funding

The request was refused by South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council.

Dear South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council,

Would you please provide me with a detailed breakdown of all monies / grants / funds paid by the Council to a Charity by the name of Arts 4 Wellbeing based in South Shields over the past 3 years.

I am aware that 3 local Councillors Iain Malcolm / John Wood / Ed Malcolm are actively involved with this Charity.

The Charity Commission website confirms that this Charity has received in excess of £250,000 VOLUNTARILY from the Council in the past 3 years, could you please confirm the exact figure.

Would you also please provide an explanation why the Council agreed to write of £21,666 to this Charity, as stated on the Charity Commission website within this Charities accounts ?

What was the reasons for writing off this vast amount of taxpayers funds in these times of austerity ?

Exactly who made this decision to write off this debt, if it was a committee please provide the names of the members present when the decision was made.

Would you please confirm if the Council owns the building where this charity is based.

If the Council does own this building, could you please provide me with the details of--

The lease & agreed rent etc that this Charity has signed with the Council and exactly what they have paid to the Council over the past 3 years.

Would you please inform me what rates the Council has charged/ received from this charity over the past 3 years.

Would you please provide me with a breakdown of the costs of repairs / maintenance which the council has carried out / financed on this building over the past 3 years.

Please advise me if the Council directly or indirectly finances any staff who are INVOLVED with this charity.

Please provide me with a comparison breakdown of expenditure by the Council over the past 3 years for this Charity against the Councils expenditure for Queens Road day centre Jarrow.

Yours faithfully,

John

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Dear Mr Robertson

 

Your FOI Request was received by South Tyneside Council on 27th August
2013.

 

I write to confirm that a decision about your request will be made within
20 working days from the date we received your request.  Should there be
any delays or discrepancies with your request then this will be
communicated to you in due course.

 

If you have any further queries regarding this matter then please do not
hesitate to contact the FOI team on [1][South Tyneside Council request email] or 0191
424 6538 and quote the reference number FOI 13 12889.

 

Regards

 

John

 

John Grewcock

Information Governance Officer

Information Governance

South Tyneside Council

Level 3

Town Hall & Civic Offices

Westoe Road

South Shields

Tyne & Wear

NE33 2RL

 

Tel. (0191) 424 6538

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Dear Mr Robertson,

 

Please find attached the Council’s response to your Freedom of Information
request.

 

Neil Purvis

Performance and Information Officer

Information Governance

South Tyneside Council, Central Library,

St. Georg Square, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE33 2PE

Tel No. (0191) 424 7654

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Dear South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Favouritism / Nepotism by Council towards day centres funding'.

The Council has acted illegally and trying to ciover up fraud or misuse of public funds.

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

Yours faithfully,

John

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Dear Mr Robertson,

 

I acknowledge your request for an internal review and will now arrange for
the Head of Legal Services to review your request.

 

We will respond within 20 working days.

 

Neil Purvis

Performance and Information Officer

Information Governance

South Tyneside Council, Central Library,

St. Georg Square, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE33 2PE

Tel No. (0191) 424 7654

[1][email address]

[2]www.southtyneside.info

 

 

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Dear Mr Robertson

Please find attached the Council’s response to your request of an internal
review

Regards

John

John Grewcock
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance
South Tyneside Council
Central Library
Prince Georg Square
South Shields
Tyne & Wear
NE33 2PE

Tel. (0191) 424 6538

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Dear South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Favouritism / Nepotism by Council towards day centres funding'.

Please forward me the data which I am entitled to the Council cannot hide this fraud

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

Yours faithfully,

John

foi, South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear John

I note your further request for an internal review however this process
has already happened and been responded to.

The Council has already conducted an Internal Review of the response
issued to your FOI request and this was sent to the email address supplied
to us.

For completeness, I have checked that this response has been issued
correctly as the response is available on the what do they know website,
which is the email address you supplied to us when requesting the
information.

As the council has fulfilled its responsibilities to consider your
information request and also then for an internal review, which was
carried out independent of the officers that responded to your original
FOI request, the Council has now exhausted its Request for Information
process.

If you remain dissatisfied with the Council’s processing of your request,
I would advise you contact the Information Commissioner as the Council has
now fully considered your request and as such does not intend to enter
into further correspondence on this matter.

Paul Robinson

Corporate Lead, Corporate Affairs

 

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