Corporate Awayday

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman did not have the information requested.

Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS

Dear Sir or Madam,

Item 10 of the Minutes of the CLAE of 15 July 2008 identify that a Corporate Awayday was to be held in 2008. Please provide copies of all documents made available to this meeting and all documents generated.

Yours faithfully,

Stuart HARDWICKE CARRUTHERS

Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS

Dear Sir or Madam,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Local Government Ombudsmen's handling of my FOI request 'Corporate Awayday'.

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

and

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/so...

The issue are very simple.

It additionally states on your new website that the reports are available on request.

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS

Foi Officer, The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman

Dear Mr Hardwicke Carruthers

I am still awaiting your reason for asking for this information. That is
why you have not received a response.

It would help if you would quote our reference number when
corresponding, so that I can more easily determine which of your
requests you are referring to.

Yours sincerely

Hilary Pook
Communications & Records Manager
Local Government Ombudsman's Office
Tel: 020 7217 4734
www.lgo.org.uk

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Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS

Dear Foi Officer,

1) I should not need to give a reason.

2) imposition of a reason is a breach of FoI - you could easily
publish this on your web site (and have stated that you will). It
is conducive to public understanding of the CLAE (i.e. in public
interest)... and would I imagine already be on your intranet which
if designed properly will link to your internet;

3) The Lord Chancellor and their Department have said I can have a
copy - not the Secretary of State (DCLG) and their Department with
a certificate;

4) the Deputy Chief Executive and Secretary to the CLAE can refuse
the request and explain to the ICO if his acts are in the public
interest... and why I have not been informed if you hold the
information (you do it says so on your web site) and why the
information has not been transmitted.

5) if your new web site had been developed properly the content
would already be available. Don't expect me to accept the fact that
the project manager (private interest) failed to ensure that the
content published on the web site is easily accessible.

Internal Review has already been requested.

It is recognised that this request relates to a Corporate Holiday.

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS

Foi Officer, The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman

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Dear Mr Carruthers

Our ref: CS/09/002

Please find attached a letter in response to this request.

Yours sincerely

Hilary Pook
Communications & Records Manager
Local Government Ombudsman's Office
Tel: 020 7217 4734
www.lgo.org.uk

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Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS

Dear Foi Officer,

Minutes of 13 November 2008

The minutes of the 16 October meeting were confirmed as an accurate record, and signed by Tony Redmond.

I would anticipate that the awayday was planned for later in the year. Many thanks for your reply... as it was also identified in the October minutes

Jerry White considered that the report’s findings touched on fundamental issues concerning how the Commission manages itself, and that these merited detailed consideration at a special Awayday. The audit report and the Commission’s Management Arrangements (which had not been reviewed for a number of years) could provide the basis for the discussion. This point was endorsed by Anne Seex.

Ann Abraham suggested that one clear action to take as a result of the report would be to turn the Management Arrangements into a Corporate Governance Statement, using as a reference point modern standards of governance. She agreed that it was important that the Commission gave itself time to draw up guidelines on how this should be done.

Nice to see that the PO takes an active role in the CLAE's management

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Hardwicke CARRUTHERS