Outsourcing of back office Parking processing

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Dear Lambeth Borough Council,

As Part of the move to a co=operative council does Lambeth Council still have plans to "outsource" and "privatise by the back door" the processing of Parking representations and appeals by use of a management led Joint Mutual Venture.

Yours faithfully,

C.Bielby

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The use of the term Co-Operative or Joint Mutual Venture is a concocted and contrived smokescreen whereby Lambeth disguise the proposed outsourcing and privatisation of the parking processes to Companies such as NSL and avoid and redundancy repurcussions on the council.

FOI team, Lambeth Borough Council

Information request
Our reference: IR19684

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Dear Sir/Madam
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 19 June
2013 concerning Dear Lambeth Borough Council,

As Part of the move to a co=operative council does Lambeth Council still
have plans to "outsource" and "privatise by the back door" the processing
of Parking representations and appeals by use of a management led Joint
Mutual Venture.

Yours faithfully,

C.Bielby
 
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Freedom of Information
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London
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Phone: 020 7926 9694

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C.Bielby left an annotation ()

The response to this question was understandably delayed as the head of parking has emphasised on several occassions the need to keep the matter/plans under wraps to avoid any problems. The Business management team have definite plans to create what , in order to ensure acceptance,is being called a "Mutual Joint Venture". This is according to their documented proposals a setting up of an external company with a contracted management team formerly employed by Lambeth, in alliance with private business (profit interest) and the current downsized back office staff being told it is a co-operative.
Presumably having thrown away their accrued employment rights by agreeing to this , the current back office staff will be replaced in the new company by cheaper outsourced labour as already proposed when the department was internal to Lambeth.
In this manner Lambeth Council maintain their high earning Parking frachise but avoid very expensive redundancy payouts.

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I am not surprised the request remains unanswered today 5th August.2013

Dear Lambeth Borough Council,

You are in breach.

Yours faithfully,

C.Bielby

FOI team, Lambeth Borough Council

Information request
Our reference: IR23751

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Dear Sir/Madam
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 5 August
2013 concerning Dear Lambeth Borough Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I would like to request some
information relating to the enforcement of parking restrictions.

Firstly, I would like to know which, if any, process in the enforcement of
on and off -street parking restrictions are outsourced.
We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
and we aim to send a response by 5 September 2013 (which is 20 working
days beginning on the first working day after the date we received your
request).
 
 
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and if any exemptions apply to some or all of the information then we
might not provide that information to you. We will inform you if this is
the case and advise you of your rights to request an internal review and
to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.
 
We will also advise you if we cannot provide you with the information
requested for any other reason together with the reason(s) why and details
of how you may appeal (if appropriate).
 
Yours faithfully
 
 

Freedom of Information
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London
SW2 1RD
Phone: 020 7926 9694

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centralteam, Lambeth Borough Council

Dear Sir or Madam,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Act request reference IR19684.
Please accept my apology for the delay in responding to your enquiry.

 

You asked:

 

As Part of the move to a co-operative council does Lambeth Council still
have plans to "outsource" and "privatise by the back door" the processing
of Parking representations and appeals by use of a management led Joint
Mutual Venture.

Please find the information you requested below.

 

There are no plans to 'outsource' or 'privatise by the back door' the
processing of parking representations and appeals.

 

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your Freedom of Information
request has been dealt with you can request an internal review by
emailing: [1][email address] (Please quote the reference number above)
or by writing to:

Freedom of Information Officer
Lambeth Town Hall
Brixton Hill
Brixton
SW2 1RW

If you remain dissatisfied you may contact the Information Commissioner,
who can be reached at:

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545 700
Fax: 01625 545 510

Further information on the Freedom of Information Act can be found on the
Information Commissioner's website [2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Thank you for your interest in Lambeth Council.

 

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Complaints and Information Officer

Corporate Complaints Unit

London Borough of Lambeth

Finance and Resources Department

Team Tel:  020 7926 0547

Website: [3]www.lambeth.gov.uk

 

Lambeth Town Hall

Brixton Hill

SW2 1RW

 

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Information request
Our reference: IR23751

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Thank you for your request for information received on 7 August 2013.
 

Please find the information you requested attached.

 

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London
SW2 1RD

 

 

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Thank you for your interest in Lambeth Council.

 

 

Sara Thomas 

Complaints and Information Officer

Corporate Complaints Unit

London Borough of Lambeth

Finance and Resources Department

Team Tel:  020 7926 0547

Website: [2]www.lambeth.gov.uk

 

Lambeth Town Hall

Brixton Hill

SW2 1RW

 

Lambeth – the cooperative council

 

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