Internal Air Quality Fraud investigation

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Dear Cheshire East Council,

Please could you send the full details of the steps taken to ascertain who deliberately manipulated air quality data. I assume an internal report has been created with details of the extensive internal investigation that has been undertaken?

Yours faithfully,
Matthew Wood

CCR FOI Investigation Team, Cheshire East Council

Date: 3 August 2018
Our Reference: 3351736
 
Dear Mr Wood
 
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
 
Thank you for your request regarding Internal Air Quality Fraud
investigation.
 
Your request has been identified as falling within the scope
of Environmental Information Regulations 2004. As when responding to an
FOI request, we will send you a full response within 20 working days,
either supplying you with the information you require, or explaining to
you why we cannot supply it. However, under the EIR Act, the provision
exists to extend the response time to 40 working days, if the request is
felt to be particularly complex or voluminous. Should this be the case, we
will of course notify you in good time. 

The due date is 3 September 2018.
 
If we need any further clarification or there is a problem, we will be in
touch. 

In the meantime if you wish to discuss this further please contact me. It
would be helpful if you could quote the reference number quoted above.
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
Kate Tomlinson
Compliance and Customer Relations Assistant
Cheshire East Council
 
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CCR FOI Investigation Team, Cheshire East Council

Date: 3 August 2018
Our Reference: 3351736
 
Dear ‎Mr Wood‏
 
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
 
I am writing to ask you to clarify your request. This is because we are
not certain that we have understood your request correctly and we need
further clarification in order to identify and locate the information. You
have asked for the following: "Please could you send the full details of
the steps taken to ascertain who deliberately manipulated air quality
data. I assume an internal report has been created with details of the
extensive internal investigation that has been undertaken?"
Can you please advise exactly what you are wanting please - i.e. are you
wanting a report including recommendations. Is this what you mean about
next steps? Please advise and the request will be considered accordingly.
 
I will not be able to take this matter further without this extra
information from you. Please let me know by 02/11/2018.
 
If I do not hear from you within the timeframe provided, I shall take it
that you do not wish to pursue this request and will consider the request
closed. 
 
If you need assistance, please contact me on 0300 123
5500 or [Cheshire East Council request email].
 
Yours sincerely
 
Compliance and Customer Relations
Team
Cheshire East Council
 
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Dear CCR FOI Investigation Team,

I'd like the list of specific actions that CEC have taken to find out who committed the air pollution fraud. A report is fine. If it has recommendations then that's fine. The most important thing I'm after is the list of actions that have been taken to date.

Yours sincerely,
Matthew Wood

Dear CCR FOI Investigation Team,

I would like the details of the steps that have already been taken by CEC to determine who deliberately manipulated the air pollution data. Please include recommendations if you have them to hand (I didn't use the term 'next steps' in my request), however, it's the steps already taken I'd like to understand.

Yours sincerely,
Matthew Wood

Dear CCR FOI Investigation Team,

Is there an update on this as I think it may now be late?

The following press release stated that everything that could be done has been done to work out what happened: https://thenantwichnews.co.uk/2018/08/02...

I'm interested in understanding what was done, as per the previous comments on this FOI.

Yours sincerely,
Matthew Wood

CCR FOI Investigation Team, Cheshire East Council

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Date: 19 September 2018
Our Reference: 3351736
 
Dear Mr Wood
 
Thank you for your request for information.
 
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
Gill Clowes
Customer Relations and Compliance Assistant
Cheshire East Council
 
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