Complaints Against Swindon Borough Councillor Stan Pajak Received By Standards for England
Geoff Reid made this Freedom of Information request to Standards Board for England This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Standards for England,
Questions:
1. How many complaints about Swindon Borough Councillor Stan Pajak have been received by Standards for England ?
2. How many complaints against Councillor Pajak were upheld by Standards for England?
3. How many complaints against Councillor Pajak were not upheld by Standards for England?
4. For each upheld complaint: please supply full details of the nature of the complaint made against Councillor Pajak.
5. For each upheld complaint: Please supply full details of the decision arrived at, and any action taken against Councillor Pajak, by Standards for England.
Yours faithfully,
Geoff Reid
Dear Mr Reid,
Please find attached a letter in acknowledgement of your request for
information.
Kind Regards,
Kaitlin Kmicic
Executive Assistant
T: 0161 817 5357
F: 0161 817 5459
Standards for England
Fourth Floor, Griffin House, 40 Lever Street, Manchester M1 1BB
[1]www.standardsforengland.gov.uk
Dear Mr Reid,
Please find attached a letter in acknowledgement of your second request
for information.
Kind Regards,
Kaitlin Kmicic
Executive Assistant
T: 0161 817 5357
F: 0161 817 5459
Standards for England
Fourth Floor, Griffin House, 40 Lever Street, Manchester M1 1BB
[1]www.standardsforengland.gov.uk
Our ref SBE-12274-QYBTQ
11 April 2011
Dear Mr Reid
I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for
information about complaints referred to Standards for England regarding
Councillor Stan Pajak of Swindon Borough Council.
To the best of our knowledge and following a search of our paper and
electronic records, the information you requested is not held by the
Standards Board for England.
You should bear in mind that complaints about breaches of the Code of
Practice for Elected Members are made in the first instance to a local
standards committee. It is for the local committee to decide whether or
not a complaint merits investigation and, if so, whether it can be
investigated locally or whether it is sufficiently serious or complicated
that it should be referred to Standards for England for consideration. It
may be that complaints have been made about Councillor Dickinson but that
these have been resolved locally. If that is the case then the Council
itself will be able to provide you will the relevant information.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
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Yours sincerely
Phil Boyd
Investigator
Phil Boyd
Investigator
T: 0161 817 5333
F: 0161 817 5499
E: [1][email address]
Standards for England
Fourth Floor, Griffin House, 40 Lever Street, Manchester M1 1BB
[2]www.standardsforengland.gov.uk
Dear Phil Boyd,
Thanks for your reply.
I am specifically interested in the 2003/2004 period, during which I believe a complaint about Cllr Pajak was lodged with the Standards Board For England.
This complaint was reported in the Swindon local paper in June 2003 and again in April 2004.
Hopefully these URL's to both articles will assist in finding the details of the complaint(s)
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/archive...
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/archive...
Yours sincerely,
Geoff Reid
Dear Mr Reid
Thank you for the additional information. Now that I know the period in which you are interested I have been able to organise a
search of archived records and am able to supply you with a little more information.
1. As I previously advised, no complaints have been received regarding Councillor Dickinson. He was, however, mentioned in passing in the complaint against Councillor Pajak.
2. The only complaint received regarding Councillor Pajak is the one to which you refer.
I enclose a copy of the case summary which was prepared at the time and would have appeared on our website for two years after the case was closed before being archived. I hope that the summary contains the information which you are seeking. It may be worth noting that paragraph 4 of the Code to which the summary refers is equivalent to paragraph 5 of the Code currently in force.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need any clarification of this email.
Kind regards
Phil Boyd
Investigator
T: 0161 817 5333
F: 0161 817 5499
E: [email address]
Standards for England
Fourth Floor, Griffin House, 40 Lever Street, Manchester M1 1BB
www.standardsforengland.gov.uk
The attachment!
Phil Boyd
Investigator
T: 0161 817 5333
F: 0161 817 5499
E: [email address]
Standards for England
Fourth Floor, Griffin House, 40 Lever Street, Manchester M1 1BB
www.standardsforengland.gov.uk
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