This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 312)
Ref no: FOI/2018/192
19^th June 2018
Dear J Roberts,
Freedom of Information Request
Thank you for your request for information...
Ref no: FOI/2018/193
18^th June 2018
Dear J Roberts,
Freedom of Information Request
Thank you for your request for information...
Dear J Roberts,
RE: Your information request – R0000070
Thank you for your email dated 14 June 2018. We are writing to acknowledge
receipt...
"4.The target for staff turnover in 2017/18 was 20.4%."
The actual figure was 43%.
The only reference to staff turnover by the Board is:
‘Jon Sh...
Dear J Roberts
RE: Your information request: R0000015
I write in response to your email of 15^th May 2018 in regards to your
request for i...
2016/17
'Not properly made – no MP referral' 2637
'Investigation resolved-Upheld – failings found leading to an unremidied injustice' 276
2017/18...
For anyone interested in taking legal action against the NHS this edition of Unreliable Evidence might be of interest:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programm...
Bernard Jenkin (PACAC) made 45 referrals in 2017/18, exactly the same number that he made in 2016/17 (see row 61).
The list identifies all PACAC mem...
27 March 2018
Case Reference Number IRQ0732190
Dear J Roberts
Thank you for your recent request for information. We received your...
M. Boyce can you email me at phso-thefacts@outlook.com as I may have some useful information for you.
James Titcombe was interviewed for 'Learning from Life and Death' - a Radio 4 programme presented by Matthew Syed and rebroadcast on 17/1/18:
http:...
Dear J Roberts
Re: Your information request response FDN-274984
Thank you for your email of 7th January 2018 in which you asked for the following inf...
The alleged lengthy delay referred to by Mr Wilby (see above) possibly stems from a lack of resources. In a recent Upper Tribunal decision it was sta...
Another misclassified decision notice, which this time relates to a DFID information request:
https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/decision-no...
I am satisfied with this response. Although I didn't get the specific information I requested, a clear explanation was provided as to why I couldn't...
Dear J Roberts
Further to your recent request for information, please find attached a
final disclosure letter sent on behalf of Lisa Gibson
Yo...
J Roberts
Please see copy of your FoI request attached
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Central Freedom of Informati...
I'm please they changed their mind. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Bernard Jenkin (45 referrals) did the work of ten! But did he make r...
Please see the attached reply and accompanying attachment to your Freedom
of Information request.
Yours sincerely
DWP Strategy...
Comparing the PHSO with the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales is illuminating:
"During the year, an average of 4.0 days per employee were lost thro...
J Roberts wrote the following:
"49 staff recruited in September 2015, of whom 15 have either left or have formally expressed an interest in leaving w...
Dear J Roberts,
The response to your request for information was issued on 14th June 2017, however, unfortunately I issued this to an incorrect whatd...
Maybe actions of PHSO CCT team is reason I haven't heard from anyone yet ......not even Rob Brehens.
I have been waiting for an acknowledgement to inf...
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"In terms of points a) and b), as there is no DWP access to view claimant Find
a job accounts, I can confirm we have no recorded information. Turning...
You may be interested in this majority F-t T decision (the minority's opinion is included). The appelant sought information on the training undertaken...
'How will I review jobsearch activity?
Although WCs will not have access to Find a Job claimant accounts, they will continue to review jobsearch acti...
"4.The target for staff turnover in 2017/18 was 20.4%."
The actual figure was 43%.
The only reference to staff turnover by the Board is:
‘Jon Sh...
' On such occasions, where the NPCC can justify the execution of S35, even if unable to engage S36 DisclosurePrejudicing the effective Conduct of Publ...
Information DWP refer to in their response:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/adzunas_find_a_job_technology_jo#incoming-1158772
For anyone interested in what the court's role is in judicial review, here is Justice Warby's take on it:
'Where a court carries out judicial review...
"Data Protection Act
46. The Data Protection Act (DPA) entitles a customer to a printout of information, DPA Report JA70150 (link is external), that...
M Boyce,
You have elucidated what judicial review means in practice for complainants. No matter how strong a complainants case, the rules of the gam...
From the Court of Appeal:
'82 The standard chosen by the ombudsman is beguilingly simple but incoherent. It cannot provide clarity or consistency of...
You might be interested in this decision:
"24. The argument as to disclosure producing a “chilling effect” upon future advice or discussion has been...
This tribunal decision may interest you:
http://administrativeappeals.decisions.tribunals.gov.uk//Aspx/view.aspx?id=2249
Particularly para 13:
"...
You might be interested in this:
https://scottishunemployedworkers.net/
The article on UC holidays includes a link to a relevant FOI request.
Sorry,
Ignore above annotation. It relates to JSA.
Some information on going abroad:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/478988/response/1151801/attach/11/Going%20abroad.pdf
The sickest 10 staff:
“In 2015/16 the average figure for working days lost is 48.9.
In 2016/17 the corresponding figure is 103.6.”
https://www....
Staff turnover:
'Staff turnover was 31% in 2016-17; higher than that in 2015-16 of 23%. This is also higher than the public sector benchmark of 14%. I...
“If the claimant is not able to return home immediately or within time limits allowed in their particular circumstances, for example, if they have cari...
"'s usual hourly rate is £275 plus vat."
If the PHSO had to fight a lot of upheld complaints in the courts the costs would soon mount up.
Am I right to state that from a total of 98 cases investigated, two were partly upheld and none upheld?
2016/17
'Not properly made – no MP referral' 2637
'Investigation resolved-Upheld – failings found leading to an unremidied injustice' 276
2017/18...
For anyone interested in taking legal action against the NHS this edition of Unreliable Evidence might be of interest:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programm...
Bernard Jenkin (PACAC) made 45 referrals in 2017/18, exactly the same number that he made in 2016/17 (see row 61).
The list identifies all PACAC mem...
Would two cheap tape recorders do the job?
"The audio recording of face- to-face consultations is not currently part of the contractual specific...
It is not often that complaints dealt with by the PHSO reach the Court of Appeal.
In this case, the PHSO upheld a complaint from a woman whose husb...