Requests similar to 'Pre-investing day preparations for the new unitary council'
Costs and headcount in Communications/PR on vesting day and 1st April 2024
Request sent to Somerset Council by Dave Orr on .
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When Somerset Council was formally vested on the 1st of April 2023 and 5 councils merged into one unitary council:
Q1. How many staff were "inherited...
Any recorded complaints about the Mount bike/footpath in Taunotn?
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A well-used and valued major bike and footpath in Taunton, the Mount Path, runs from Calway Road past the back of Richard Huish College to Mount Walk,...
Will SCC pay a lower share of shared service costs in SW1?
Request sent to Somerset Council by Dave Orr on .
Awaiting internal review
Dear Somerset County Council,
Somerset County Council (SCC) recently concluded a contract re-negotiation with IBM that took a significant number of S...
Information Requests
Information request
Our reference: 16281345
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EIR request: Who sighted the first/draft legal advice for nutrient neutrality?
Response by Somerset Council to Dave Orr on .
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Information Requests
Information request
Our reference: 15980817
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Information Requests
Information request
Our reference: 16166693
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Env Info Request: How much Somerset farmland has been taken out of food production for Phosphate mitigation credits?
Response by Somerset Council to Dave Orr on .
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Information Requests
Information request
Our reference: 15876162
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How many IT systems and processes have been moved to a single unitary version?
Response by Somerset Council to Dave Orr on .
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Information Requests
Information request
Our reference: 16164593
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Children's Services said to have "a poorly functioning IT system was taking up the precious time of frontline staff & senior managers"
Follow up sent to Somerset Council by Dave Orr on .
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Dear Information Request,
Some clarification please.
Answer: The software applications that relate to Somerset County Council Children’s Services a...
Unitary charge payments for South West One services...
Request sent to Somerset Council by Dave Orr on .
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Dear Somerset County Council,
Q1. What was the total amount of unitary charge paid by this Council for South West One services in:
2008/09,
2009/1...
Purpose of the Unitary Charge Equalisation reserve and list of transactions to date.
Request sent to Somerset Council by Dave Orr on .
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Dear Somerset County Council,
Extract from 6th Feb 2017 SCC Cabinet papers;
Commercial and Business Services
End of Southwest One Contract: (+) £...
De-secondment transfer of SCC staff from SW1 back into SCC
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Dear Somerset County Council,
SCC has announced a key decision relating to the return of 160 SCC seconded posts from SW1 back to SCC:
http://www1.s...
Supply a copy of the Salinity Solutions "desktop cost-benefit study" incl the "cost of phosphorus credits generated"
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This report from Salinity Solutions states:
The field trial
Alongside Somerset Council, Salinity Solutions has been working on a new approach to r...
Correspondence related to a scheduled 18 Oct meeting of Scrutiny Climate & Place commitee moving to a "Members Briefing"
Response by Somerset Council to Dave Orr on .
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Information Requests
Information request
Our reference: 13000753
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Future of Local Government in Somerset (FOLGIS) - Meetings, notes, reports etc
Internal review request sent to Somerset Council by Dave Orr on .
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Dear Somerset County Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal re...
Were you consulted by the Highways Agency for the A358 Southfield to Taunton scheme?
Response by Somerset Council to Dave Orr on .
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Dear Mr Orr
Thank you for your email. I can confirm that your request has not been
closed and we hope to reply to you within the next few days.
Yo...
All communications from/to the Lord Lieutenant's Office 12 months prior to 1st August 2022.
Request sent to Somerset Council by Dave Orr on .
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Dear Somerset County Council,
A new Lord Lieutenant for Somerset was appointed on the 1st of August 2022.
1. Please disclose all communications bet...
Please supply legal agreement underpinning £5m loan by SCC to ASPA & £2.17m write down.
Internal review request sent to Somerset Council by Dave Orr on .
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Dear Somerset County Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal re...
Has the Council made any submissions/representations regarding the FOI Act (since & including May 2013)?
Request sent to Somerset Council by Dave Orr on .
Information not held
Dear Somerset County Council,
The FOI Act is being reviewed by a commission under the Cabinet Office:
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/freedo...
Which Councillor body/committee/group undertook the negotiations between SCC & Police before the Police signed up in April 2008
Follow up sent to Somerset Council by Dave Orr on .
Long overdue
Dear Peter Grogan,
The SCC Conservative administration passed a new version of the County Plan this week.
One of the pledges is:
Be open and tran...
ISIS Framework Agreement Schedule 13.
Request sent to Somerset Council by Dave Orr on .
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Dear Somerset County Council,
Can you confirm under the recently disclosed Schedule 13 SWO Sensitive Information, when the 5-year expiry date occurs...
Audit and planning for the IT in Children's Services.
Request sent to Somerset Council by Dave Orr on .
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Dear Somerset County Council,
Q1. SCC IT is outsourced to South West One (85% owned by IBM) including Business Analysis. Since 2009 has South West On...
Please disclose the SCC IT Hardware Asset Log.
Request sent to Somerset Council by Dave Orr on .
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Dear Somerset County Council,
Please disclose the IT Hardware Asset Log for all SCC IT hardware (including hardware novated by SCC to IBM for SW1 unti...
Killams Planning application ref 38-12-0203 s106/CIL agreement(s) and latest position.
Request sent to Somerset Council by Dave Orr on .
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Dear Somerset County Council,
This controversial planning application within a protected green wedge in Taunton was approved under new NPPF legislati...
Open data web page omits Chief Exec expenses & credit card spending 2012/13 and 2013/14
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Dear Somerset County Council,
I had cause to check the Somerset County Councils (SCC) Publication Scheme on the Open Data section of the SCC website...