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Barbara Richards

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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 25)

Governors of Standford Hill prison
Follow up sent to HM Prison Service (public sector prisons) by Barbara Richards on 24 June 2014.

Successful

Dear HR Directorate [NOMS], Thats great, thanks Yours sincerely, Barbara Richards
Children from special needs school taken to a prison for PE
Follow up sent to Independent Monitoring Boards Secretariat by Barbara Richards on 25 March 2014.

Partially successful

Dear Rowe, John H, Thanks for the speedy response. The school I am talking about has already been investigated by Ofstead, but this issue has not be...
Request for information on Common Purpose
Request to Staffordshire County Council by Barbara Richards. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 13 March 2014.

Awaiting internal review

No there hasn't, I am still waiting
Who brought court order gagging media in Andy Coulson case
Request to Ministry of Justice by Barbara Richards. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 12 July 2013.

Information not held

I do not think politicians ought to be allowed to work for the Military Secret Services. They should either work for the constituents they are elected...
The BFMS
Response by Charity Commission for England and Wales to Barbara Richards on 29 May 2012.

Refused

Dear Ms Richards, I am sorry that you feel that way. If you wish to complain about the Commission's decision not to release some of the information y...
Corruption of the judiciary in Jersey
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Barbara Richards on 22 May 2012.

Refused

Dear Ms Richards,   Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20120480.     Yours sincerely Nicolett...
Aftercare and support for Pindown child abuse victims
Request to Staffordshire County Council by Barbara Richards. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 8 May 2012.

Information not held

I am one of the Pindown child abuse victims, and I will tell you exactly how much support and aftercare I have had - zero. Instead, I have suffered per...
Matt Tapp Associates
Response by Kent Police Authority to Barbara Richards on 2 April 2012.

Successful

Dear Ms. Richards   There is no further department or agency through which to make enquiries. All relevant departments were contacted in order to pr...
Confidentiality breach of trust
Response by North Staffordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) to Barbara Richards on 15 March 2012.

Successful

This is an automatic acknowledgement If your request relates to shared drive access, please could you forward your email to [email address]<mailto:[em...
The employment of Matt Tapp at Staffordshire Police
Response by Staffordshire Police Authority to Barbara Richards on 12 March 2012.

Partially successful

Attention Barbara Richards Please find attached response from Staffordshire Police with regards to your FOI request on Matt Tapp Associates - who au...
Access to treatment
Response by North Staffordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) to Barbara Richards on 12 March 2012.

Successful

This is an automatic acknowledgement If your request relates to shared drive access, please could you forward your email to [email address]<mailto:[em...
Access to Annual Reports and Accounts
Response by Charity Commission for England and Wales to Barbara Richards on 7 March 2012.

Information not held

Dear Ms Richards,  Thank you for your email, in which you requested the Annual Report and Accounts for the above named Trust. This request does no...
Matt Tapp Associates
Follow up sent to Staffordshire Police Authority by Barbara Richards on 2 March 2012.

Partially successful

Thank you for your speedy response to my Freedom of Information request Yours faithfully, Barbara Richards
Hansard
Follow up sent to House of Lords by Barbara Richards on 1 March 2012.

Successful

Dear FOI LORDS, Thank you for fixing the link and also on advising me on what to do if a link is broken on the Hansard site in the future. Yours s...
Undercover police investigations
Follow up sent to Independent Office for Police Conduct by Barbara Richards on 1 March 2012.

Information not held

Dear Mike Benbow, Thank you for that information. I will contact Sir Christopher Rose to find out what has been going on, and who is responsible. It...
Staffordshire Child Abuse
Response by Northumbria Police to Barbara Richards on 23 February 2012.

Information not held

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) Request 223/12 - Investigations Dear Mrs Richards Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made un...
Victim of crime placed on criminal data website
Response by Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to Barbara Richards on 20 May 2011.

Partially successful

Dear Ms Richards Freedom of Information Act Request Reference No: 2011050003187 I write in connection with your request for information which was re...
More information about Colin Tucker
Response by Birmingham City Council to Barbara Richards on 12 May 2011.

Partially successful

Dear Barbara I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by the Authority under the provisions of the Freedom of Information...
Colin Tucker, the director of Birmingham's children's social care
Follow up sent to Birmingham City Council by Barbara Richards on 13 April 2011.

Partially successful

On 14 January 2011 I asked for information about the credentials of Colin Tucker, the director of Birmingham's children's social care department. I w...
Complaint about Newsnight
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Barbara Richards. Annotated by Paul Antrobus on 5 March 2011.

Refused

The report is available at this link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/appeals/esc_bulletins/2008/december.txt
Home Affairs - Minutes of Evidence
Response by House of Commons to Barbara Richards on 8 February 2011.

Refused

Dear Ms Richards Thank you for your request copied below. Under House of Commons Standing Order No 152, departmentally related select committees, inc...
Who nominated Frank Walker for an OBE?
Response by Cabinet Office to Barbara Richards on 1 February 2011.

Refused

Dear Ms Richards, Please find attached a reply to your FOI request about Mr Frank Walker. Yours sincerely, Gary Rogers Cabinet Office H...
Margaret Hodge Chair of the Commons Public Accounts Committee
Response by House of Commons to Barbara Richards on 27 January 2011.

Successful

Dear Ms Richards Thank you for your request for information which is copied below. The information you require is in the public domain and can be fou...
Common Purpose and the AMIMB
Response by Charity Commission for England and Wales to Barbara Richards on 19 January 2011.

Information not held

Dear Ms Richards Thank you for your email of 14 January which I am treating as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000....
Staffordshire LINk
Response by Stafford Borough Council to Barbara Richards on 13 January 2011.

Partially successful

Dear Barbara Richards, Many thanks for your freedom of information request relating to Staffordshire LINk and whether they have any connections or dea...

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Maritime Law/Admirality Law
Request to Ministry of Justice by brian ovens. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 30 November 2023.

Information not held

Actually, as someone who suffered almost a decade of persecution from the secret family courts, causing me and my family massive suffering, I would be...
Why no investigations in Police?
Request to Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse by John Caine. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 18 March 2021.

Successful

I am very interested in this query as I am one of the Staffordshire Pindown child abuse victims and my records were altered to cover up abuse, Stafford...
Use of external CCTV for investigations.
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Mark Bennett. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 26 January 2019.

Successful

Thank you for making this FOI request. I'm a child trafficking victim who has had a lot of harassment from the police to basically cover up the crimes...
Pindown compensation
Request to Staffordshire County Council by rebecca hemsley. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 9 September 2018.

Refused

I'm also a victim of Pindown, Richard Wise was my lawyer, unfortunately Richard was murdered shortly after he had taken on my case. I have had no compe...
Medical Evidence data protections
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by G Ward. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 19 April 2018.

Successful

Does anyone know if the DWP are allowed to interfere with medical treatment? I don't mean just assess people, I mean actually interfere?
Council Impersonating Magistates' Courts
Request to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council by Neil Gilliatt. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 8 March 2018.

Partially successful

Thank you Neil for making this request. I've been affected by criminals using the courts in this way, I was actually summoned to court with a scruffy...
People deprived of their liberty
Request to Equality and Human Rights Commission by name removed 23 Oct 2012. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 8 March 2018.

Partially successful

I'm so pleased other people are talking about this as I've been illegally sectioned to the hospital I was abused at as a 14 year old child, placed into...
Complaints against GMP Professional Standards Department in last five years
Request to Greater Manchester Police by Charles Carrington. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 8 March 2018.

Successful

Thanks for doing this FOI. I have suffered gaslighting (I only discovered there was a name for this appalling abuse very recently) and my daughter is a...
CCTV footage of disabled people
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Phil Collyer. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 6 March 2018.

Partially successful

I know this is happening in Staffordshire, the terrifying thing is that they are spying on mentally disabled people attending a therapy centre in Staff...
Complaints recieved from NHS Choices about the public's failure to log negative feedback about a GP Surgery on its website.
Request to Department of Health and Social Care by Fiona Watts. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 28 August 2017.

Partially successful

I went back and tried another search on Common Purpose. The requests about this fraudulent charity are all jumbled up with other requests using the key...
Complaints recieved from NHS Choices about the public's failure to log negative feedback about a GP Surgery on its website.
Request to Department of Health and Social Care by Fiona Watts. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 28 August 2017.

Partially successful

Another thing, which might seem off topic but isnt, is that someone at this website, the What Do They Know website appears to have done something to se...
Complaints recieved from NHS Choices about the public's failure to log negative feedback about a GP Surgery on its website.
Request to Department of Health and Social Care by Fiona Watts. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 27 August 2017.

Partially successful

Sorry, I meant Stephen. I called you Simon. I'm feeling so stressed and like a non person. It's just so horrible what is happening in this country now...
Complaints recieved from NHS Choices about the public's failure to log negative feedback about a GP Surgery on its website.
Request to Department of Health and Social Care by Fiona Watts. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 27 August 2017.

Partially successful

Hi Simon, It's horrible what is happening in this country. Anyone trying to complain about institutional abuse gets slandered, accused of being "vex...
Social Workers refuse to audio record a lengthy meeting with a vulnerable adult with mental health injuries, AND to refuse to allow him to audio record a meeting and threatening to cancel the meeting
Request to Wiltshire Council by Steven King. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 27 August 2017.

Refused

It seems to me that people who have been victims of institutional abuse can now be prevented from making any complaint about appalling treatment by ano...
Complaints recieved from NHS Choices about the public's failure to log negative feedback about a GP Surgery on its website.
Request to Department of Health and Social Care by Fiona Watts. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 26 April 2017.

Partially successful

It's very strange how, after I leave an annotation on this website concerning complaints about NHS Choices censoring people's complaints I suddenly get...
Complaints recieved from NHS Choices about the public's failure to log negative feedback about a GP Surgery on its website.
Request to Department of Health and Social Care by Fiona Watts. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 25 April 2017.

Partially successful

Peter is talking about me. As Peter is already aware, I DID make a complaint to PALS, when I was illegally sectioned two years ago, for those who don'...
Facebook and NHS Choices
Request to Department of Health and Social Care by P. John. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 23 April 2017.

Partially successful

I rest my case! So glad other people are talking about this intrusive and illegal monitoring.
Facebook and NHS Choices
Request to Department of Health and Social Care by P. John. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 21 April 2017.

Partially successful

It's a fine and rare thing when public officials act with decency and decorum, by, for example, telling the truth, working for the good of others, don'...
Facebook and NHS Choices
Request to Department of Health and Social Care by P. John. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 20 April 2017.

Partially successful

Peter is absolutely correct, things certainly have moved on. NHS Choices don't just snoop on oops I mean moniter NHS Choices complainees on Facebook,...
Complaints recieved from NHS Choices about the public's failure to log negative feedback about a GP Surgery on its website.
Request to Department of Health and Social Care by Fiona Watts. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 19 April 2017.

Partially successful

Yesterday I received an email from an individual called Alistair Dunscombe, User Generated Content Manager, NHS Choices. He said, to quote his email "Y...
Complaints recieved from NHS Choices about the public's failure to log negative feedback about a GP Surgery on its website.
Request to Department of Health and Social Care by Fiona Watts. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 30 March 2017.

Partially successful

Wow, what a great idea! I wasted about three hours writing three reviews which they rejected, so I think I need to send invoices for my time and energy...
Complaints recieved from NHS Choices about the public's failure to log negative feedback about a GP Surgery on its website.
Request to Department of Health and Social Care by Fiona Watts. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 29 March 2017.

Partially successful

I'm also having problems with the NHS Choices website. I've tried three times to leave a review about St George's Psychiatric Hospital in Stafford, and...
Facebook and NHS Choices
Request to Department of Health and Social Care by P. John. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 29 March 2017.

Partially successful

I don't know if you're aware but NHS choices are now censoring valid complaints about hospitals on their websites review space. That means only good re...
Re: FOI Request - Policy on Employing Unaccredited Counsellors and Psychotherapists:
Request to South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust by Thomas Stephens. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 28 March 2017.

Successful

I'm a child abuse victim, and have been sectioned 4 times to St George's Psychiatric Hospital, the first time aged 14, the reason for that was because...
Council response to Pindown
Request to Staffordshire County Council by Angie Nickson. Annotated by Barbara Richards on 28 March 2017.

Partially successful

I am one of the victims of Pindown child abuse, and I've now been illegally and inappropriately sectioned to St George's Psychiatric Hospital 4 times,...
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