Monitoring officer's report re Cllr Leo Pollak

Southwark Borough Council did not have the information requested.

Dear Southwark Borough Council,

On February 17th in an official statement Southwark council announced that Cllr Leo Pollak has resigned from his post as Southwark council’s cabinet member for housing. The statement said: “The monitoring officer will carry out a full investigation before reporting her findings publicly.”

Has the report been completed please?

If so, please could your provide a copy?

If not, why is the report taking so long to complete?

Many thanks

Jerry Green

Gibson, Hanna, Southwark Borough Council

Dear Jerry

I am writing to confirm receipt of your below FOI.

Your request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act, and you should receive a response within 20 working days of the date that we received your request.

The FOIA defines a number of exceptions that may restrict the release of the requested information. There will be an assessment and if any of the exceptions apply then the information may not be released. You will be informed if this is the case, including your rights of appeal.

If we are unable to provide you with the information requested we will notify you of this together with the reason(s) why and details of how you may appeal (if appropriate).

Further information is available through the Information Commissioner at www.ico.gov.uk .

Yours sincerely

Hanna Gibson
Corporate Information Governance Officer - Law & Governance

London Borough of Southwark
160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH
Southwark Council, Law & Governance 2nd floor hub 1, PO Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX
Web: www.southwark.gov.uk

show quoted sections

Gibson, Hanna, Southwark Borough Council

1 Attachment

Dear Jerry

Please find attached response to your FOI.

Kind Regards
Hanna

show quoted sections

Jerry Green left an annotation ()

Southwark council’s response to this FOI request includes the following:

“We can confirm that whilst a draft report has been produced by the council’s Monitoring Officer, the Investigating Officer is still in the process of considering
representations and the report still needs to be finalised.

“Hence, we do not believe that releasing the report in its current format, when it is likely to be subject to further revision, would be in the public interest.

“Furthermore, we believe it is in the interest of the wider public for the report to be accessed simultaneously by the general public rather than by disclosure to a small number of individuals under the FOIA.”