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Dear Bee McCoubrey

Thank you for your enquiry 9260.

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Dear Bee McCoubrey

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Information request 9260

Thank you for your information request, which was received on 11/Jan/2023
and requested the following details:

Dear Conwy County Borough Council, Overview Councillor Andrew Wood is a
town Councillor for Abergele Town And County Council. He is currently
under investigation by the Ombudsman Service and North Wales Police. in
2019-2020 an investigation took place regarding Woods following complaints
from m female staff of harassment, sexism, misogyny, and name-calling. The
complaints were investigated by HrR and Woods was found guilty and made to
apologise, he was also not allowed to contact female staff directly. Two
female staff left the town council due to these actions by Woods. 1) how
many complaints have been made against Cllr Wood in his role as a county
and town councillor? 2) how many of these complaints progressed to
disciplinary or mediation? What was the gender ratio of the complainants?
3) if a complaint resulted in remedial action, why was this not made
public? 4) what current measures are in place to protect council staff
from bullying and harassment by Cllr Wood? Yours faithfully, Bee McCoubrey

Your request for information has now been considered and the information
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Please find information in response to your information request 9260.

1. Formal complaints against elected members are dealt with by the Public
Services Ombudsman for Wales, therefore, this query should be directed to
the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.  Any queries relating to Cllr
Wood’s role as a Town Councillor should be directed to Abergele Town
Council.

2. This query will need to be directed to the Public Services Ombudsman
for Wales or Abergele Town Council.

3. This query will need to be directed to the Public Services Ombudsman
for Wales or Abergele Town Council .

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