Bailiffs breaking the equality act

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Dear Manchester City Council,

Under foia

can you confirm under foia

that gmc do not allow their enforcement agents to break the equalities act in order to hide a failed levy collecting business rates

do gmc ever allow a partner to break the equality act

Yours faithfully,

dan prkns

Information Compliance, Manchester City Council

Dear Dan
Re: Request for Information - Reference No: TRE / BJ2JR8
Thank you for your request for information received by Manchester City
Council on 18 November 2019.
Please note that it may take up to 20 working days (16 December 2019) for
the Council to consider your request and to provide a formal response.   
If this timescale needs to be extended to consider an exemption you will
be notified and kept informed. 
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me. 
Yours sincerely
Jerry Frys
Democratic Services
PO Box 532
Town Hall
Manchester
M60 2LA
Email:  [1][MCC request email]
Website:  [2]www.manchester.gov.uk

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Dear Information Compliance,

sorry can i change the question for clarity

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,

dan74

Information Compliance, Manchester City Council

Hi Dan
Thank you for the slight amendment to yesterdays FOIA request which I have
sent through to the appropriate service.
Kindest regards,

Jerry Frys

Legal Officer
Democratic Services Legal Team
Manchester City Council
Legal Services
PO Box 532 Town Hall
Manchester
M60 2LA

External :0161 953 8404
Internal: 48404
[1][MCC request email]

[2]www.manchester.gov.uk

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Business Rates (Manchester), Manchester City Council

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Dear Mr Prkns

Please find attached my response to your request for information received
on 18 November 2019

(See attached file: Dan Prkns 2.doc)

Regards
Andrew Heap
Business Rates Service
Manchester City Council
Revenues & Benefits Unit
P.O Box 3
Manchester
M15 5BA

Email: [email address]

You can find more information about business rates by visiting our website
at www.manchester.gov.uk/businessrates

You can view your account, make a payment or see what support is available.

Dear Business Rates (Manchester),

dear sirs

you can view luton councils answers to the same questions

whilst they are hypothetical they are important to the public

the answers should be contained in either the ethics of how your rates team run your collections,your equality code of conduct ,your contract with your bailiffs and your general best council plan

these are not difficult questions but if you need help please refer to bailiff indemnities questions under luton cc

Yours sincerely,

dan74

Manchester City Council

Thank you for your EMail.

This will be passed to a member of the Business Rates Team to deal with and
you should receive a response within the next 14 days.

Where possible we will reply sooner and, if possible, your enquiry will be
answered by EMail.

Please note that we can only deal with enquiries about your Business Rates.
If your enquiry is about something other than Business Rates we will do our
best to pass the enquiry on to the right Department and let you know what
we have done.

Thank you for using the EMail service.

Dear Manchester City Council,

as you have not yet answered.we have clarified the questions to make it easier to answer

so far we have had over 30 reply with yes or no answers

please answer these at a time that is suitable to you

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 seized when the customer is identifiably vulnerable?
2. Have you ever allowed bailiffs to make their own settlement agreements where goods
have to be returned after 3 months?
3. Would you allow enforcement agents to breach the equalities act by achieving a gain whilst someone is under mental health treatment if it meant your
business rates were collected,even if they didnt inform you?
4. How would you react if they did this without you knowing?
5. Would you class a secret indemnity kept from the council 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
7.would you employ enforcement agents that have fraudulently concealed information that could cause litigation to the council or serious damage to a protected party in the past ?
thank you for your public concern in answering these questions asap.
8.who are your current agents

Yours faithfully,

dan perkins

Information Compliance, Manchester City Council

Dear Dan
Can you clarify the case reference number which has been allocated to this
request as it appears that this email relates to an existing Freedom of
Information request.
If I am incorrect I apologise and will deal with this email as a "further"
FOI request.
Kindest regards,

Jerry Frys

Legal Officer
Democratic Services Legal Team
Manchester City Council
Legal Services
PO Box 532 Town Hall
Manchester
M60 2LA

External :0161 953 8404
Internal: 48404
informationcompliance[1]@manchester.gov.uk

[2]www.manchester.gov.uk

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Dear Information Compliance,

thank you
please deal with it as a seperate request.i am asking every council to answer the followign questions usign their ethics,code of conduct and their contractual agreements with bailiffs.i hope you can do so for us .they relate to business rate collection

can you please answer under public interest using yes or no answers or a detailed description if you wish ...

the answers should be contained within your code of ethics and your contracts or
simply in any code of conduct.this is not a complaint against your council
but research into how bailiffs can be a law unto themselves if not watched

1. Does your enforcement agent contract allow your enforcement agents to
issue an indemnity against prosecution for themselves without the prior
agreement of the council in cases where they have wrongfully seized when
the customer is identifiably vulnerable?

2. Have you ever allowed bailiffs to make their own settlement agreements
where goods have to be returned after 3 months?

3. Would you allow enforcement agents to breach the equalities act by
achieving a gain whilst someone is under mental health treatment if it
meant your business rates were collected,even if they didnt inform you?

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

5. Would you class a secret indemnity kept from the council 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 7.would you employ enforcement
agents that have fraudulently concealed information that could cause
litigation to the council or serious damage to a protected party in the
past ?

thank you for your public concern in answering these questions asap.

8.before a seizure of a persons assets do you make sure under human rights act that the bailiff has done a fair and balanced test with regards to whether the seizure is in the favour of the public interest

Yours faithfully,

dan perkins

Yours sincerely,

dan74

Information Compliance, Manchester City Council

Dear Mr Perkins
Re: Request for Information - Reference No: TRE/BKCD2L
Thank you for your request for information received by Manchester City
Council on 29 December 2019.
Please note that it may take up to 20 working days (27 January 2020) for
the Council to consider your request and to provide a formal response.   
If this timescale needs to be extended to consider an exemption you will
be notified and kept informed. 
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me. 
Yours sincerely
Cieran Cassidy
Democratic Services
PO Box 532
Town Hall
Manchester
M60 2LA
Email:  [1][MCC request email]
Website:  [2]www.manchester.gov.uk

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Business Rates (Manchester), Manchester City Council

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Good afternoon,

Please see attached.

(See attached file: Dan Perkins 4.doc)

Kind regards

Mrs Forbes
Business Rates Service
Manchester City Council
Revenues & Benefits Unit
P.O Box 3
Manchester
M15 5BA

Email: [email address]

You can find more information about business rates by visiting our website
at www.manchester.gov.uk/businessrates

You can view your account, make a payment or see what support is available.

Dear Business Rates (Manchester),

thank you for your clairty and your transparancy .much appreciated

can you confirm for definate your answer to number 8 is no please
can you confirm who your current agents are please?

Yours sincerely,

dan74

Manchester City Council

Thank you for your EMail.

This will be passed to a member of the Business Rates Team to deal with and
you should receive a response within the next 14 days.

Where possible we will reply sooner and, if possible, your enquiry will be
answered by EMail.

Please note that we can only deal with enquiries about your Business Rates.
If your enquiry is about something other than Business Rates we will do our
best to pass the enquiry on to the right Department and let you know what
we have done.

Thank you for using the EMail service.

Business Rates (Manchester), Manchester City Council

Dear Mr Perkins

The answer to number 8 is No
Current agents MCC use are:
Marston Group Limited
Equita Limited
Bristow & Sutor Limited
JBW Group Limited
Newlyn Plc
Rundle & Co Limited

Mrs Forbes
Business Rates Service
Manchester City Council
Revenues & Benefits Unit
P.O Box 3
Manchester
M15 5BA

Email: [email address]

You can find more information about business rates by visiting our website
at www.manchester.gov.uk/businessrates

You can view your account, make a payment or see what support is available.

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Dear Business Rates (Manchester),

thank you for your clairty and your transparancy .much appreciated

can you confirm for definate your answer to number 8 is no please
can you confirm who your current agents are please?

Yours sincerely,

dan74

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