Bailiff indemnities served to the vulnerable

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Dear Southampton City Council,

Dear Birmingham City Council,

under foia
has scc council ever allowed any enforcement agent to issue a indemnity against prosecution for signature to a person under mental health care whilst concealing it from the council knowing this would be gross misconduct.

has scc council ever co signed a indemnity ap contract after a failed levy on goods against a business rate debt

Does scc allow a enforcement agent to make its own indemnities whilst not indemnifying scc

Does scc allow enforcement agents to break the human rights act and equality act by seeking to take a unfair advantage against a person in mental health care

This will not be a complaint against scc but is in the public interest given the cuts the public purse faces.

Yours faithfully,

dan prkns

Yours faithfully,

dan74

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Dear Dan Prkns,

 

I refer to your Freedom of Information request of 14/11/2019 in relation
to Bailiff indemnities served to the vulnerable.

 

From our preliminary assessment, it is clear that we will not be able to
answer your request without further clarification. 

 

The Council requires further information in order to identify and locate
the information you have asked for. In particular:

 

·         In Q1 the wording of your request firstly states that you want
information about whether the “Council” had issued an indemnity, but then
goes on to stipulate that you require this information when it has been
concealed from the “Council”. This is contradictory, and not something the
Council would record. Please specify the information you require.

·         In Q2 what do you mean by an “indemnity ap contract”

·         In Q3, what do you mean by “making its own indemnities”?

·         In Q4 are you able to confirm whether you require us to confirm
whether this is something the Council would procedurally allow(for example
by provision of a policy), or are you looking to identify if there have
been actual instances of this? If so are you looking to identify the
number.

 

Once you have clarified your request, I will be able to process your
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Nathan Matterson
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Southampton and Fareham Legal Services Partnership
Southampton City Council
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Dear Information,

thank you .i probabley did not phrase it well so i will try again

Under foia

do you confirm

you never would allow enforcement agents to break the equalities act by issueing indemnities for themselves against prosecution unbeknown to the council

You do not allow enforcement agents to indemnify themselves after they have failed a levy without reporting it to the council?

Yours sincerely,

dan prkns

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Dear Dan,

 

Thank you for your email below.

 

I appreciate your clarification, however I have to advise that we would
not be able to process your request on this basis. This is because the
request must be for specific recorded information in order to be
considered valid, and I don’t currently believe you are asking for
recorded information. Your request could also be interpreted as a request
for an opinionated answer which we cannot provide under the provisions of
the Freedom of information Act.

 

As such, I would like to help you reformulate your request so that it is
valid.

 

An example of a valid request could be “Please confirm if your Council has
a policy in regards to/or covering enforcement agents taking out indemnity
insurance policies” and “if so, please could you provide a copy”.

 

Please note that I am happy to process your request on the basis of the
examples provided, but these are not the only means of making the request
valid, so please confirm or provide further details in order for us to
process your request.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Nathan Matterson, Junior Legal Assistant

Southampton & Fareham Legal Partnership

Southampton City Council

Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY

DX115710 Southampton 17

 

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Dear Information,

thank you
i will rephrase

in your enforcement contract do you give the enforcement agent the right to issue themselves indemnity without the knowledge of southampton council

do you allow third party partners to break the equalities act in order to collect debts?

Yours sincerely,

dan prkns

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Dear Dan,

 

Thank you for your email below.

 

I’m still not currently satisfied that you have made a valid request for
information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. However, from your
email below, I note that you reference an “Enforcement Contract”.

 

As such, are you looking to obtain a copy of this specific document
perhaps? If so, please note there may be more than one contract with
enforcement agencies, as the Council may use different agencies for
different services. If this is the case, would you like me to provide
copies of all current enforcement contracts perhaps?

 

In regards to your enquiry relating to breaches of the “Equality Act”, I
can confirm that the Council would not be able to respond as this request
would be considered vexatious under S14 of the Freedom of Information Act
2000. The Council considers this request to be unreasonable as it accuses
the Council of wrongdoing without any basis or evidence for doing so. I
would further argue this is of minimal value to the public at large, as it
is based on unfounded accusations.

 

Please let me know if you require us to provide enforcement contracts.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Nathan Matterson, Junior Legal Assistant

Southampton & Fareham Legal Partnership

Southampton City Council

Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY

DX115710 Southampton 17

 

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Dear Information,

hello
thanks for replying .i have asked the same question to luton and they have replied .could you see their replies

these are questions that should be answered in your contract so if you need to please attach the business rates one but it would be easier and give us more aclarity on sotons position if you can answer like luton have

their pretty straight forward questiosn for councils with ethics and not meant to hold you to anything or claim against you

Yours sincerely,

dan74

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Dear Dan,

 

Thank you for your email below. I have reviewed the response provided by
Luton Council at the following Link:

 

[1]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/b...

 

I can see that you have not asked Luton and Southampton the exact same
questions at this time, so it would not be possible for Southampton to
give a response in the same way that Luton have.

 

I appreciate you may have intended to request similar information from
Southampton, but the wording of these requests has made it difficult for
us to interpret what you require in response to your request and having
reviewed both your initial request to Southampton and to Luton, I can
confirm that these are not for the same information.

 

If you would like us to respond to the exact same questions as Luton
Council, please confirm this and provide the details of your request in
writing.

 

We will then consider whether or not the Council can respond.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Nathan Matterson, Junior Legal Assistant

Southampton & Fareham Legal Partnership

Southampton City Council

Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY

DX115710 Southampton 17

 

Tel: 023 8083 2129

 

 

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Dear Information,
we have now asked this to 50 councils and many have responded immediately .please try in the public interest to answer based on your code of ethics and your contracts with your enforcement agents
nder foi or in the public interest can you please answer the following questions...we have had over 20 councils now reply to the same questions within 48 hours .we hope you will do the same

1. Does your enforcement agent contract allow your enforcement agents to issue an
indemnity against prosecution for themselves without the agreement of the council in
cases where they have wrongfully/excessively seized goods to vulnerable people
2. Have you ever allowed bailiffs to make their own settlement agreements where goods
have to be returned?
3. Would you allow enforcement agents to breach the equalities act by giving a protected party a disadvantage if it meant your
business rates were collected?
4. How would you react if they did this without you knowing?
5. Would you class a secret indemnity which achieves a gain at the cost to the
vulnerable victim a material breach of contract .?
6. Must enforcement agents always report failed levies and a full report when dealing
with vulnerable customers
thank you for your public concern in answering these questions asap.
7.if you knew a bailiff agency had hidden a secret indemnity and a failed levy from a large council for years knowing the victim was vulnerable and that the failed levy had caused insurmountable issues would this concern you ?

Yours faithfully,

Yours faithfully,

steve perkins

Yours sincerely,

dan74

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Dear Dan Prkns,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received on 18/12/2019.
This matter has been logged under reference number FOI-1920-0911-033867.

 

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Regards,

 

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Dear Mr Prkns

 

I refer to your Freedom of Information request.

 

From our preliminary assessment, it is clear that we will not be able to
answer your request without further clarification. 

 

The City Council requires further information in order to identify and
locate the information you have asked for.  In particular, it would be
useful to know which department within the Council each of these questions
are relating to?

 

1.       Does your enforcement agent contract allow your enforcement
agents to issue an indemnity against prosecution for themselves without
the agreement of the council in cases where they have
wrongfully/excessively seized goods  to vulnerable people

2.       Have you ever allowed bailiffs to make their own settlement
agreements where goods have to be returned?

3.       Would you allow enforcement agents to breach the equalities act
by giving a protected party a disadvantage if it meant your business rates
were collected?

4.       How would you react if they did this without you knowing?

5.       Would you class a secret indemnity which achieves a gain at the
cost to the vulnerable victim a material breach of contract?

6.       Must enforcement agents always report failed levies and a full
report when dealing with vulnerable customers thank you for your public
concern in answering these questions asap.

7.       If you knew a bailiff agency had hidden a secret indemnity and a
failed levy from a large council for years knowing the victim was
vulnerable and that the failed levy had caused insurmountable issues would
this concern you ?

 

Once you have clarified your request, I will be able to process your
request.  If I do not receive clarification within three months your
request will be considered to have lapsed. (Under section 1(3) of the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a public authority need not comply with
a request unless any further information reasonably required to locate the
information is supplied).

 

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
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Dear BSS FOI,

it relates to the collection of business rates

over 20 councils have now answered the same questions using their code of ethics ,the law and their contract
hope you can now do the same

Yours sincerely,

dan perkins

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Dear Mr Prkns,

 

I refer to your Freedom of Information request.

 

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

 

 

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Southampton City Council

 

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Dear BSS FOI,

hello

these are matters of public interest and therefore the answers are not sufficient.you use the word hypothetical .hypothetically in a public interest matter the answer can be yes or no or under xx circumstances
many other councils have answered using their code of ethics and their contract as a guide .for example does southampton allow their agents to indemnify themselves in secret

i believe you can answer these questions liek other councils and i reiterate this is not a complaint about you

responses that fail to show clarity in your control of enforcement agents would give light to the public perhaps believing the agents have more control than they should

i look forward in to you answering the hypothetical questions under the public interest related laws

Yours sincerely,

dan74

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Dear Dan,

 

Thank you for your email below regarding the response to your recent
Freedom of Information (FOI) request.

 

I’m sorry that you are not currently satisfied with the Council’s response
regarding Question 4, 5 and 7, and I do concede that these responses could
have been clearer. The response given should have explained the following:

 

Please note that the Council has two main responsibilities when responding
to an FOI request. Firstly, we must confirm whether or not the Council
holds the information, and secondly, we must provide it unless an
exemption to disclosure applies. Furthermore, the Council is also only
able to provide information where it has been recorded by the Council.

 

In Q4 , the information requested is not held by the Council because it
relates to a hypothetical situation which has not yet occurred. This means
we cannot physically hold information in line with the questions you have
asked, because it does not exist.

 

Furthermore, the information requested would require the opinion of a
Council officer to be given, as you are asking how they would react in
those circumstances. This is not something any singular person would be
able to respond to, and accurately respond on behalf of the Council as an
organisation.

 

In regards to Q5 and 7, the Council would be unable to respond as the
question simply ask for information based on someone’s opinion. The
Council does not record the information you are requesting, and as such we
cannot respond in regards to these questions.

 

As such, I am still satisfied that the Council is not obliged to respond
to these parts of your request. However, If you are looking to obtain
information about the Council’s code of ethics or contract with the
enforcement agents, then you are welcome to request this under the FOI
legislation.

 

Furthermore, if you are still dissatisfied with the response to your
request you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review
requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of
the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:

 

Service Director – Legal and Governance

Southampton City Council

Civic Centre

SOUTHAMPTON

SO14 7LT

 

Email: [1][email address]

 

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Kind Regards,

 

Nathan Matterson, Junior Legal Assistant

Southampton & Fareham Legal Partnership

Southampton City Council

Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY

DX115710 Southampton 17

 

Tel: 023 8083 2129

 

 

 

 

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Dear Information,

Dear sirs

it remains dissapointing that whilst over 40 other councils have answered quickly given the public interest you seem to want to obstruct what is a reasonable request.i reiterate this will not be a complaint about you
it may well be hypothetical but other councils have answered what their stance would be if something as serious as claimed happened.

if you cannot answer these questions it is clear your motives down the line maybe of concern to the wider public.

we cannot force you to answer in the publics interest but having seen every other council do so it worries us why you would seek to try evade answering.
equality law should cover your answers for all of these regardless of whether it is hypothetical or not

dissapointing southampton .(portsmouth can answer)

Yours sincerely,

dan74

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Dear Dan,

 

I can confirm I have contacted the service area to see if they are willing
to provide comment in regards to question 3,4 or 7.

 

On this occasion no further comment will be provided.

 

As previously explained, the Council is satisfied that making comment
regarding hypothetical circumstances is not within scope of freedom of
information legislation.  It is further satisfied that responding outside
of this legislation would not be appropriate, as any further comments
would be based on opinion rather based on specific recorded information,
held by the Council.

 

I’m sorry that we are unable to assist you further in regards to this
issue, but if you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to
contact us.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Nathan Matterson, Junior Legal Assistant

Southampton & Fareham Legal Partnership

Southampton City Council

Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY

DX115710 Southampton 17

 

Tel: 023 8083 2129

 

 

 

 

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Dear Southampton City Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Southampton City Council's handling of my FOI request 'Bailiff indemnities served to the vulnerable'.

hello .you have contracts with enforcement agents and the answers to the questions are contained within your contract and your code of ethics.we have had answers from every other council so unless their is a fear of a negligence claim we hope you will reconsider.the public have a right to know if their are controls within your contract that stop unethical and unlawful actions

please try harder.if your team need examples they can search this website under "bailiff indemnities" for how other ethical and responsible councils have answered

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

Yours faithfully,

dan74

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Dear Southampton City Council,

you can do better in the public interest

Yours faithfully,

dan74

Information, Southampton City Council

Thank you for contacting Southampton City Council.

Your enquiry will be passed to the relevant team/officer for action.

If you have made a request for information, you will receive a response
promptly, and within the statutory timeframe for compliance. Once your
request has been logged, you will receive further details of this, and you
may be contacted if we require further information from you.

If you have any queries, please contact the Council's Corporate Legal Team
on 023 8083 2129.

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of Information Act 2000, Environmental Information Regulations 2004 or
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Dear Dan,

 

Thank you for your email below regarding a request for an internal review
to be undertaken in regards to FOI-1920-0911.

 

I am satisfied that the Council will review the handling of your Freedom
of Information Request, and I can confirm that this will be passed to the
Council’s Information Governance Officer in order to respond to your
concerns.

 

This matter has been logged under reference CLT-034547. They will respond
to your concerns within 20 working days.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Nathan Matterson, Junior Legal Assistant

Southampton & Fareham Legal Partnership

Southampton City Council

Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY

DX115710 Southampton 17

 

Tel: 023 8083 2129

 

 

 

 

FOI-1920-0911-033867/01426956

 

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Dear Dan,

 

I have been asked to conduct an internal review into the Council response
to your Freedom of Information Act request.

 

As I understand it, you are requesting the Council conducts an internal
review into it responses to the following questions;

 

·         ‘How would you [the Council] react if they [an Enforcement
Agency] did this [breach the Equalities Act by giving a protected party a
disadvantage if it meant your business rates were collected] without you
knowing?’,

·         ‘Would you class a secret indemnity which achieves a gain at the
cost to the vulnerable victim a material breach of contract?’

·         ‘If you knew a bailiff agency had hidden a secret indemnity and
a failed levy from a large council for years knowing the victim was
vulnerable and that the failed levy had caused insurmountable issues would
this concern you?’

 

In your request for an internal review you have said

 

the public have a right to know if their are controls within your contract
that stop unethical and unlawful actions

 

There is a significant difference between asking the questions above and
asking for details of controls within contracts with Enforcement Agencies
that prevent unethical and unlawful actions.

 

You may wish to reconsider how you have worded your request as the Council
is only obliged under the Freedom of Information Act to provide
information it holds rather than offer an opinion on what it might do in a
particular situation.

 

I have not had an opportunity to conduct my internal review and I have not
as yet drawn any conclusions. However, I am mindful that it I were to wait
until the conclusion of my review to suggest you might reword your
request, this might ultimately cause a delay in you receiving relevant
information.

 

Regards,

 

Robert Greenaway, Information Governance Officer

Southampton & Fareham Legal Partnership

Southampton City Council

Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY

DX115710 Southampton 17

 

Tel: 023 8083 3166

 

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FOI-1920-0911-033867/01429317

 

From: Matterson, Nathan On Behalf Of Information
Sent: 08 January 2020 15:28
To: 'dan74' <[FOI #620420 email]>
Subject: RE: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Bailiff
indemnities served to the vulnerable

 

Dear Dan,

 

Thank you for your email below regarding a request for an internal review
to be undertaken in regards to FOI-1920-0911.

 

I am satisfied that the Council will review the handling of your Freedom
of Information Request, and I can confirm that this will be passed to the
Council’s Information Governance Officer in order to respond to your
concerns.

 

This matter has been logged under reference CLT-034547. They will respond
to your concerns within 20 working days.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Nathan Matterson, Junior Legal Assistant

Southampton & Fareham Legal Partnership

Southampton City Council

Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY

DX115710 Southampton 17

 

Tel: 023 8083 2129

 

[2]cid:image001.png@01D5C637.DA489B30

 

 

 

FOI-1920-0911-033867/01426956

 

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Dear Dan Perkins,

 

Thank you for your information request received on 14/11/2019 and
subsequent request for internal review. Please find attached the Council’s
internal review decision notice.

 

Regards,

 

Robert Greenaway
Information Governance Officer

Legal & Governance

Southampton and Fareham Legal Services Partnership
Southampton City Council
Tel: 023 8083 3000 (switchboard)

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CLT-034547/01444141

 

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