Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

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DEAR Raj Thandh

 

Freedom of information request - FOI/7436

 

Subject: Monitoring Officer Reports

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Information Management Team

 

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

 

7th Floor, Zone B

Bernard Weatherill House

8 Mint Walk

Croydon CR0 1EA

Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[Croydon Borough Council request email]

 

Dear Raj Thandh

Request FOI/7436

Further to your request received on 24/04/2023, I confirm that the Council
has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000. For ease of reference, I will now address each of your questions in
turn.

1. The name of each Monitoring Officer for the Council since 1.1.2019.
Kindly also provide the dates they were in post and any other roles they
held within the Council (before, during and after).

1.1.2019 to 30.06.2021 Jaqueline Harris-Baker roles held Director of Legal
& Monitoring Officer, Executive Director of Resources & Monitoring Officer

01.07.2021 to 30.09.201 Asmat Hussain, Interim Executive Director of
Resources & Monitoring Officer (no other roles held before, during or
after)

01.10.22 to 31.03.22 John Jones, Interim Monitoring Officer (no other
roles held before, during or after)

31.03.22 to 30.06.22 Andrew Hunkin, Interim Monitoring Officer (no other
roles held before, during or after)

01.07.22 to present Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Director of Legal Services
and Monitoring Officer

2. Please provide the date of every report made by the Monitoring Officer
under Section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

All reports made by the Monitoring Officer under Section 5 of the Local
Government Housing Act are in the public domain and thus this is exempt
from Croydon Council under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act
2000, ‘Information reasonably accessible to the applicant by other means’.

Section 21 is an absolute exemption and therefore does not require the
public interests balancing test to be applied. The council can confirm
that the requested information can be accessed through the following link:

https://www.croydon.gov.uk/search/google...

3. Please provide a copy of each report made by the Monitoring Officer
under Section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

See question 2.
 

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Email:        [2][Croydon Borough Council request email]

 

Writing:     Information Team

London Borough of Croydon

Bernard Weatherill House

Floor 7 - Zone B

8 Mint Walk

Croydon, CR0 1EA

 

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Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire, SK9 5AF

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Information Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

Bernard Wetherill House,

Mint Walk,

Croydon,

CR0 1EA

 

 

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