LGO investigations.
Trevor R Nunn made this Freedom of Information request to Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Sir or Madam,
During the last five years how many times has the Local Government Ombudsman (as a result of investigating a complaint against Kensington & Chelsea Borough Council) brought to the attention of the council the fact that a member of Kensington & Chelsea Borough Council staff had misled them, lied to them or done anything else to hinder their investigation. If
they have what disciplinary action was taken against the individual(s) concerned by the council.
Yours faithfully,
Trevor R Nunn
Dear Mr Nunn
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REF: 2009-020
I am writing to confirm that we received your information request on
10/01/2009. For your information and future communications your request
has been allocated the reference number FOI2009-020. Please quote this
reference in any future correspondence.
We will consider your request and respond in accordance with the
requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Our duty is to
respond promptly or at least within 20 working days.
Yours sincerely
Robin
Robin Yu
Information Protection Assistant
FOIA Team, Business Protection Unit
Information Systems Division (ISD)
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX
Tel: 020 7938 8226
Web: [1]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk
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Dear Mr Nunn
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REF: 2009-020
I am responding to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOI Act) for information held by the Council which we received on
10/01/2009. You have requested the following information:
During the last five years how many times has the Local Government
Ombudsman (as a result of investigating a complaint against Kensington &
Chelsea Borough Council) brought to the attention of the council the fact
that a member of Kensington & Chelsea Borough Council staff had misled
them, lied to them or done anything else to hinder their investigation. If
they have what disciplinary action was taken against the individual(s)
concerned by the council.
Searches were conducted within the Council's Legal Department and I can
advise that we do not record this information in a readily accessible
format. It would require us to create this information in order to provide
it to the public, which is not required under the FOI Act. Therefore, for
the purposes of the FOI Act we do not hold the requested information.
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with the FOI Act.
Yours sincerely
Robin
Robin Yu
Information Protection Assistant
FOIA Team, Business Protection Unit
Information Systems Division (ISD)
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX
Tel: 020 7938 8226
Web: [3]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk
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2. http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/yourcouncil/freed...
http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/yourcouncil/freed...
3. http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/
http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/
Dear Sir or Madam,
Will you please confirm whether you have no record because the situation has never arisen, the response most other councils have given me. Or that it may have but you didn't bother keep any record. In addition you should be aware that it's the statutory duty of a monitoring officer to record such occurrences and bring them to the attention of your council. Therefore, the monitoring officer should have such information on record and within easy reach. There should be no reason to search every complaint.
Yours sincerely,
Trevor R Nunn
Dear Mr Nunn,
I apologise for the delay in responding to your email. I can confirm that
the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea do not hold this information
because the situation has never arisen.
Yours sincerely
Robin
Robin Yu
Information Protection Assistant
FOIA Team, Business Protection Unit
Information Systems Division (ISD)
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX
Tel: 020 7938 8226
Web: [1]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk
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Trevor R Nunn left an annotation ()
I submitted this FOI request to every English Council. I have now collated the results and the full story can be read here
http://ombudsmanwatchers.org.uk/evidence...