Scarborough Council request for a police investigation into the Argos documents leak

The request was partially successful.

Dear North Yorkshire Police,

Dear FOI Officer,
I write to request information under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

On 15th July 2019, a Scarborough Borough Council Report (RB – 19/151) clearly marked NOT FOR PUBLICATION and HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL, was leaked into the public domain.

At a meeting of the Scarborough Borough Council Audit Committee on 25th of July 2019, SBC Monitoring Officer Lisa Dixon informed members that the leak was currently under investigation by both Internal Audit and the North Yorkshire Police cyber-crime team.

On 1st August 2019, Chief Inspector Rachel Wood confirmed, in a statement to the Scarborough News, that NYP had opened an investigation.

However, on 27th July 2020, Scarborough Borough Council Leader, Councillor Steve Siddons, in response to a member's question, asserted that the Police had "fully investigated" the leak and was "unfortunately unable to draw any firm conclusion as to "who did leak" the information.

Therefore, the information I seek is as follows:

1) The name, rank and collar number of the NYP Officer who headed the investigation;

2) The names, ranks and collar numbers of the NYP Officers who participated in the investigation;

3) The name, and start-and-end dates of the investigation;

4) The (suitably redacted) report on the investigation, including its conclusions;

5) The date of that report;

6) The reason why NYP did not interview personnel associated with the internet magazine which published the leaked report.

I look forward to receiving a full response, in the public interest, within 20 working days.

Yours faithfully, SBC Alderman Norman Murphy

Yours faithfully,

Norman Murphy

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McNairn, Amie,

Good afternoon,

 

Thank you for your below FOI request.

 

Please accept this email as confirmation your request has been received
and logged as FOI ref: 0837.2020-21. As per the Freedom of Information Act
(2000) we have 20 working days to respond to your request therefore you
should receive a response by due date 12.02.2021.

 

Kind regards,

 

Amie McNairn

Collar Number 4559

Legal Officer (Civil Disclosure) North Yorkshire Police

Evolve Legal Services

 

Joint Corporate Legal Services, North Yorkshire Police HQ, Alverton Court,
Crosby Road, Northallerton DL6 1BF

DX 68810 Northallerton 2

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Dear McNairn, Amie,

Hi I am still waiting for your response.

Regards Norman

Yours sincerely,

Norman Murphy

Dear McNairn, Amie,

Yours sincerely,

Norman Murphy

Dear McNairn, Amie,
Hi Amie I have still not had anything back from you over my freedom of information request could you please give me an up date.

Yours sincerely,

Norman Murphy

Civil Disclosure,

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Good afternoon

 

Thank you for your below email.

 

Please accept our apologies that we haven’t yet responded to your FOI
request 0837.2020-21. We have received a large number of requests which
has caused a delay in response time. We will respond as soon as we can.

 

Kind regards

 

Sarah Saunders

Collar Number 4868

Legal Officer (Civil Disclosure) North Yorkshire Police

Evolve Legal Services

 

Joint Corporate Legal Services, North Yorkshire Police HQ, Alverton Court,
Crosby Road, Northallerton DL6 1BF

DX 68810 Northallerton 2

 

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Dear North Yorkshire Police,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of North Yorkshire Police's handling of my FOI request 'Scarborough Council request for a police investigation into the Argos documents leak'.

[ GIVE DETAILS ABOUT YOUR COMPLAINT HERE ]

I have waited too long for a reply

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/s...

Yours faithfully,

Norman Murphy

Williams, Caroline,

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Dear Mr Murphy,

 

Please find attached a reply to your Freedom of Information request
837.2020-21.

 

Regards

 

Caroline Williams

Legal Officer (Civil Disclosure)

T/Team Leader

North Yorkshire Police

Collar Number 5982

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Evolve Legal Services

 

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on behalf of the Chief Constable and elected Commissioners of Cleveland
Police, Durham Constabulary and North Yorkshire Police.

 

Joint Corporate Legal Services, North Yorkshire Police HQ, Alverton Court,
Crosby Road, Northallerton DL6 1BF

DX 68810 Northallerton 2

 

Dial 101, press option 2 and ask for me by my full name or collar number. 
If using my collar number, please state each number individually.

 

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