Costs - Chief executive's complaint against Sian Caiach
caebrwyn made this Freedom of Information request to Carmarthenshire County Council
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Dear Mr Tillman,
The Public Service Ombudsman for Wales recently concluded an investigation following code of conduct complaints brought by chief executive Mark James against former county councillor Sian Caiach. When the complaint was made Ms Caiach was a county councillor.
Please provide a full detailed breakdown of all expenditure incurred by the council in relation to Mr James' complaint and the lengthy investigation which followed.
Please also include the cost of any external legal advice, officer time, officer research and the preparation of witness statements.
Please contact me if you require further clarification
I would be grateful for an acknowledgment of this request
Thank you,
Jacqui Thompson
Dear Mrs. Thompson,
Thank you for your request for information, which was received on 20th
August, 2018, and is being dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.
We are therefore required to provide a response within 20 working days,
which will be on or before 18th September, 2018.
If we require clarification we will also contact you as soon as we can –
please note that the timescale for response specified above may be subject
to change if this is the case.
In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any
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Yours sincerely
John Tillman
Rheolwr Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth a Chwynion
Adfywio a Pholisi
Adran y Prif Weithredwr
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin
Information Governance & Complaints Manager
Regeneration & Policy
Chief Executive’s Department
Carmarthenshire County Council
Mewnol/Internal: 4127
Allanol/External: 01267 224127
Dear Mrs Thompson,
I refer to your request for information, which was received on 20^th
August, 2018 and has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.
The specific information you requested was as follows:
“The Public Service Ombudsman for Wales recently concluded an
investigation following code of conduct complaints brought by chief
executive Mark James against former county councillor Sian Caiach. When
the complaint was made Ms Caiach was a county councillor.
Please provide a full detailed breakdown of all expenditure incurred by
the council in relation to Mr James' complaint and the lengthy
investigation which followed.
Please also include the cost of any external legal advice, officer time,
officer research and the preparation of witness statements.”
In response, the information we hold which is relevant to your request is
very limited.
This investigation was undertaken wholly by the Ombudsman’s office, and
our records are limited to a time recording which shows that, upon receipt
of notice from the Ombudsman that he would be carrying out an
investigation, 1 hour 24 minutes (equating to £92.40) of officer time was
spent on this matter.
No external legal advice was sought.
Yours sincerely
John Tillman
Rheolwr Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth a Chwynion
Adfywio a Pholisi
Adran y Prif Weithredwr
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin
Information Governance & Complaints Manager
Regeneration & Policy
Chief Executive’s Department
Carmarthenshire County Council
Mewnol/Internal: 4127
Allanol/External: 01267 224127
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