Anne Hide
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This person's Freedom of Information request
Chair of the CLAE retiring
Response by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to Anne Hide on .
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Dear Ms Hide,
Please find a response to your FOI request of 13 October requesting
information on the Local Government Ombudsman.
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This person's 98 annotations
Mickey Mouse... Nepotism... Coercion... Authorisation
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whoops forgot to add I use my initials on the forum ABH.
Mickey Mouse... Nepotism... Coercion... Authorisation
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Why do I post annotations on the WDTK site?
'Annotations on WhatDoTheyKnow are to help people get the information they want, or to give them pointers...
Tony Redmond's wife. Holiday accommodation
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by chris taylor. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
Refused
Since it was common practice pre Bourn for Commissioners to swan off abroad at taxpayer's expense plus the fact the CLAE haven't kept any proper record...
Mickey Mouse... Nepotism... Coercion... Authorisation
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If a member of the public can work out what information the requester wanted why can't Ms Pook. The requester may have quoted the wrong year but the in...
"Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it"
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/288200.html
LGO, Chairman of the CLAE, Chie...
The three commissioners at the time White, Abraham and Thomas authorised the trip as proposed by Mr Nigel Karney. The expenses incurred on the trip wou...
Gifts to Australian Ombudsmen during Mr Redmond's 2005 Study Tour
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
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Do I understand this policy correctly?
It allowed Mr Redmond to receive hospitality from Australian Ombudsmen (at Australian taxpayers expense) and t...
Tony Redmond's wife. Holiday accommodation
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by chris taylor. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
Refused
Mr Redmond is following in John Bourn's footsteps by retiring in order to bring closure to this scandal. The focus should now move on to those who auth...
Tony Redmond/ His wife/Ann Abraham/Jerry White/Pat Thomas
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by chris taylor. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
Refused
As I suggested on other FOI requests this is the same reason John Bourne had to resign.
'The man who was virtually impossible to sack finally agreed...
Tony Redmond's 2005 Australian study tour feedback/report
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by Pauline Nunn. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
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I think the cabal will want to drag things out until after Mr Redmond has retired.
Tony Redmond - Not complying with the Code of Conduct
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by mrs t colvin. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
Information not held
I made a comment on another FOI request which also applies to this one.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/tony_redmonds_2005_australian_st#comment...
Tony Redmond's 2005 Australian study tour feedback/report
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by Pauline Nunn. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
Partially successful
Dr Jane Martin's judgement will be very interesting, will she expose or join the cabal?
Tony Redmond - Not complying with the Code of Conduct
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by mrs t colvin. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
Information not held
If he flew to Montreal then caught a train to his destination (a very unusual thing to do unless he had business in Montreal, the Ballet?) why didn't h...
Tony Redmond Flights 2010
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by mark price. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
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Looking for details of his farewell tour? :)
Tony Redmond's 2005 Australian study tour feedback/report
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by Pauline Nunn. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
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The Victorian Ombudsman works in a similar way as the LGO.
As one Victorian Minister stated on retirement
"None of these bodies submit themselves...
Tony Redmond's 2005 Australian study tour feedback/report
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by Pauline Nunn. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
Partially successful
As with other taxpayer funded institutions, pre John Bourne scandal, many CEO/Commissioners were at it and saw it as a perk of the job. No proper scrut...
Tony Redmond's 2005 Australian study tour feedback/report
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by Pauline Nunn. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
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"The only document which we still have in our records is Mr Redmond's report to the Commission."
Over 40 days to extract a document they had on file!!...
New policy on whatdotheyknow.com
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Questions must be raised about the ICO's failure to get a grip of this situation and do something about it. For if it falls to public and political pre...
Salaries in excess £58,000.per annum
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You won't get names due to the data protection act but you should get job titles.
Release of Documents
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by Keith edmunds. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
Refused
If anyone is unhappy at the way the Local Government Ombudsmen operate they should submit a response to the law commission's review of public service o...
Tony Redmond and wife / exceptionally long journeys
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by Ms S Smith. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
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The individual LGO could have found any other public authority guilty of maladministration for conducting their affairs in the way in which they, as in...
Release of Documents
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by Keith edmunds. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
Refused
I doubt the ICO would accept anything less than a week or so as an unreasonable delay on the part of a public authority acknowledging an FOI requester'...
Release of Documents
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by Keith edmunds. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
Refused
"We do not hold electronic copies of the two emails I sent you in hard copy."
No computer copies of emails retained, only a hard copies kept. Pull th...
Tony Redmond's documentation
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"Among quango chiefs now seen as vulnerable is former Labour Culture Secretary Lord Smith, chairman of the £1billion a year plus Environment Agency.......
Mandatory rates relief responsibilities
Request to The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by Roland Rashleigh-Berry. Annotated by Anne Hide on .
Refused
FOI can only be used to access information held by a public organisation. The LGO will not hold the information you seek.