Conduct of conduct investigations over last 5 years.

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Dear Waltham Forest Borough Council,

I would like a list of all the councillors investigated for breach of the Councillor's code of conduct in the last 5 years, name of councillor, date, what they were accused for , the out come and who was investigating.

Yours faithfully,

Charles Edwards

Information Officer | Waltham Forest Council, Waltham Forest Borough Council

Re: "Conduct of conduct investigations over last 5 years."
Reference: FOI359097792
Date of request: 2021-08-27 10:56:48

Dear Charles Edwards ,

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Dear Waltham Forest Borough Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Waltham Forest Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Conduct of conduct investigations over last 5 years.'.

Its been 20 working days since I requested this information, can you please produce it? Thanks.

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

Yours faithfully,

Charles Edwards

Information Officer, Waltham Forest Borough Council

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Dear Mr Edwards

 

Thank you for your email.

 

I have been informed that a response to FOI359097792 is due to be sent to
you today.

 

I am unable to raise an internal review until the response has been sent
to you.

 

 

Kind Regards

 

Information Officer

 

Customer Service and Business Support Officer| Resident Services

Town Hall Complex

Fellowship Square

Forest Road

E17 4JF

 

London Borough of Waltham Forest

Telephone: 0208 496 3000

[1]www.walthamforest.gov.uk

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Together, we are all for Waltham Forest.

 

 

 

From: Charles Edwards <[FOI #785631 email]>
Sent: 24 September 2021 09:36
To: Information Officer <[email address]>
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Conduct of
conduct investigations over last 5 years.

 

Dear Waltham Forest Borough Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Waltham Forest Borough
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Conduct of conduct investigations
over last 5 years.'.

Its been 20 working days since I requested this information, can you
please produce it? Thanks.

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

Yours faithfully,

Charles Edwards

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Information Officer | Waltham Forest Council, Waltham Forest Borough Council

Re: FOI Response FOI359097792 "Conduct of conduct investigations over last
5 years.".

Dear Charles Edwards ,

I am writing to confirm that the Council has now completed its search for
the information which you requested on 27th August 2021 about Conduct of
conduct investigations over last 5 years..

The information supplied has been provided by the department responsible
for the service delivery.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your
own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for
the purposes of news reporting. Any other reuse, for example commercial
publication, would require the permission of the copyright holder.

Please see attached.

[1]FOI359097792 Response

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The Information Officer
Town Hall
Forest Road
London
E17 4JA

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Kind regards,
The Information Officer

Kind regards,

The Information Officer
The London Borough of Waltham Forest
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Dear Information Officer | Waltham Forest Council,

Thanks. I can see reports listed for the last 2 years, but not 5years. Have you missed off a few sheet?

Yours sincerely,

Charles Edwards

Information Officer, Waltham Forest Borough Council

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Dear Mr Edwards

 

Thank you for you email requesting clarification of our response.

 

I have received the following reply from the responding team.

 

“We can only provide you with information that we hold. The Director of
Governance and Law has responsibility for all member breaches and has no
emails before 2019 which have been deleted from his email folders.”

 

Kind Regards

 

Information Officer

 

Customer Service and Business Support Officer| Resident Services

Town Hall Complex

Fellowship Square

Forest Road

E17 4JF

 

London Borough of Waltham Forest

Telephone: 0208 496 3000

[1]www.walthamforest.gov.uk

 Follow us [2]@wfcouncil

 

 

Together, we are all for Waltham Forest.

 

 

 

From: Charles Edwards <[FOI #785631 email]>
Sent: 24 September 2021 16:41
To: Information Officer <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FOI response FOI359097792 "Conduct of conduct investigations
over last 5 years."

 

Dear Information Officer | Waltham Forest Council,

Thanks. I can see reports listed for the last 2 years, but not 5years.
Have you missed off a few sheet?

Yours sincerely,

Charles Edwards

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Dear Information Officer,

I asked for:-

'would like a list of all the councillors investigated for breach of the Councillor's code of conduct in the last 5 years, name of councillor, date, what they were accused for , the out come and who was investigating.'

I did not specify anything about emails. You have records , please disclose them so that I have a full 5 years.

Yours sincerely,

Charles Edwards

Natasha Clayton, Waltham Forest Borough Council

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Dear Mr Edwards,

 

Thank you for your email.

 

The complaints come by way of email and you have been provided with
everything that we hold.

 

Kind Regards

 

Natasha Clayton (She/Her)

Executive Assistant

London Borough of Waltham Forest

Tel: 020 8496 3000

Email: [1][email address]

 

 

 

From: Charles Edwards <[2][FOI #785631 email]>
Sent: 27 September 2021 16:35
To: Information Officer <[3][email address]>
Subject: RE: FOI response FOI359097792 "Conduct of conduct investigations
over last 5 years."

 

Dear Information Officer,

I asked for:-

'would like a list of all the councillors investigated for breach of the
Councillor's code of conduct in the last 5 years, name of councillor,
date, what they were accused for , the out come and who was
investigating.'

I did not specify anything about emails. You have records , please
disclose them so that I have a full 5 years.

Yours sincerely,

Charles Edwards

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