Dave Orr
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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 262)
Copy of your contract with Bloom
Follow up sent to North East Procurement Organisation by Dave Orr on .
Refused.
Your FOI refusal of the pro forma contract with Bloom in a largely unredacted form has now been appealed to the ICO.
Yours sincerely,
Dave Orr
For the Ignite contract with Taunton Deane and West Somerset Councils pls supply KPIs etc
Internal review request sent to North East Procurement Organisation by Dave Orr on .
Awaiting internal review.
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of North East Procuremen...
Pls disclose the case studies & references used to admit Ignite to the NEPO NEPro procurement framework
Follow up sent to North East Procurement Organisation by Dave Orr on .
Refused.
I will now exercise my rights under the FOI Act to appeal this information request refusal to the ICO.
I have checked the following ICO guidance r...
All information used to asses and reject my complaint on the 14th of November 2019
Follow up sent to The Crown Estate by Dave Orr on .
Partially successful.
The claim that the Savills agent advice before the sale of Orchard Portman to Taylor Wimpey (to include an uplift) isn't "pre-sales" advice is, fran...
Has the Ignite case study claims of net £2.5M reduction in the cost base actually been made?
Response by South Somerset District Council to Dave Orr on .
Partially successful.
Dear David,
Please find below the response to your Freedom of Information request received on 28/05/2020.
1a). The total redundancy costs linked to...
Please supply all of the investigation results to my previous complaint (re land sale at Orchard Portman, Taunton)
Follow up sent to The Crown Estate by Dave Orr on .
Refused.
18 March 2020
Case Reference Number FS50912936
Dear Mr Orr
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)
Your information request to The Crown Estate
h...
All communications re the land disposal at Orchard Portman (near Taunton) to Taylor Wimpey.
Follow up sent to The Crown Estate by Dave Orr on .
Refused.
This refusal has now been appealed to the ICO.
Yours sincerely,
Dave Orr
Future of Local Gov in Somerset (FLoGiS) - Reports, costs and payments.
Follow up sent to South Somerset District Council by Dave Orr on .
Refused.
I have now received from the County Council 20 emails and various attachments that show SSDC has subverted the FOI Act by false and repeated denials...
Future of Local Government in Somerset (FOLGIS) - Meetings, notes, reports etc
Follow up sent to Somerset County Council by Dave Orr on .
Successful.
Now the FOLGIS report has been published this FOI request is fulfilled.
No further action will be taken and the FOI is closed.
Please thank the...
Please supply a copy of the contract between Crown Estate and Savills (who acted as the Crown Estate agent for Orchard Portman land disposal near Taunton to Taylor Wimpey).
Follow up sent to The Crown Estate by Dave Orr on .
Successful.
This FOI is now flagged as late.
Please respond to this FOI request site.
Yours sincerely,
Dave Orr
Copy of the Business case for the disposal of Crown Estate land at Orchard Portman, near Taunton.
Follow up sent to The Crown Estate by Dave Orr on .
Partially successful.
This FOI is now flagged as late.
Please respond to this FOI request site.
Yours sincerely,
Dave Orr
How many times in the past 5 years have Governors considered student parking problems?
Follow up sent to Richard Huish College by Dave Orr on .
Refused.
The ICO have now accepted my complaint. Please note there is a backlog, so it may be some months before you are contacted:
6 November 2019
Case Ref...
Re land sale near Orchard Portman, Taunton to Taylor Wimpey.
Response by The Crown Estate to Dave Orr on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Orr
Your information request (1100)
I am writing further to your email of 9 July 2019, in which you asked a
number of questions in relatio...
Have Highways England had any approaches, meetings, communications etc with Taylor Wimpey re A358 Taunton to Southfields scheme?
Response by Highways England Company Limited to Dave Orr on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Orr,
Thank you for your e-mail.
I have addressed both of your points with the relevant team and our response to each is as follows.
With re...
Does the College keep records of complaints about illegal/inconsiderate parking in the community?
Follow up sent to Richard Huish College by Dave Orr on .
Long overdue.
Please post relevant answers to this FOI.
Yours faithfully,
Dave Orr
Parking policy + Student enrolment agreement
Follow up sent to Richard Huish College by Dave Orr on .
Long overdue.
Please post relevant answers to this FOI.
Yours faithfully,
Dave Orr
A358 Taunton to Southfields scheme.
Response by Highways England Company Limited to Dave Orr on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Orr
Thank you for your email of 17 June regarding the A358 Taunton to
Southfields scheme. I am writing to confirm that we have now compl...
Pre-planning advice for Orchard Court Ref 38/18/0029
Response by Taunton Deane Borough Council to Dave Orr on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Orr
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Information Request FOI – 3604TD
Response
Dear Mr Orr
The Information Com...
Pre-planning information re 20/17/0038 for a retrospective planning application for a gateway 1km North of Kingston St Mary
Response by Taunton Deane Borough Council to Dave Orr on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Orr
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Information Request FOI – 3989TD
Response
This is Taunton Deane Borough Council...
Unitary Council commnications with Somerset County Council (SCC)
Response by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to Dave Orr on .
Successful.
Our reference: 3899805 Information request
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Electronic filing systems and information retrieval policies and standards
Response by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to Dave Orr on .
Partially successful.
Dear Dave Orr,
Thank you for your email and request for clarification with respect to
element one of your original request.
I should confirm tha...
Use of the Devolution Act for the merger of Taunton Deane Borough Council (TDBC) and West Somerset Council (WSC)
Response by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to Dave Orr on .
Refused.
Our reference: 3803740 Information request
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The applicability of the Devolution Act to the merger proposals of Taunton Deane Borough and West Somerset Councils
Follow up sent to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government by Dave Orr on .
Long overdue.
Your email system has rejected my response from whatdotheykno.com. Why?
Dear Despatch Box,
This FOI was narrowed as requested and there has been...
Meeting notes from the merger of Taunton Deane Borough Council and West Somerset Council
Internal review request sent to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government by Dave Orr on .
Awaiting internal review.
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Ministry of Housing,...
Post-application planning advuce for Orchard Court (ref. 38/18/0029)
Response by Taunton Deane Borough Council to Dave Orr on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Orr
We have gone back to Gareth Clifford to confirm he was the only officer involved, but unfortunately he is on annual leave. We will reply t...
This person's 40 annotations
From: David Orr [mailto:david.m.orr@btinternet.com]
Sent: 06 April 2016 13:58
To: Louisa Gosling
Cc: Peter Grogan
Subject: Re: Trying to locate FO...
Barrister costs
Refused.
If the invoices are for the 2015/16 year then when the Police accounts are open (usually around June for 4 weeks) and you are a taxpayer in Avon & Some...
Brenda - Thank you for your annotation. The much delayed FOI (by almost 6 months) has disclosed sufficient information to fulfil the principled purpose...
Managers receiving a 'market supplement' or other similar remuneration in addition to base salary
Awaiting classification.
Re:
G4 – 1 recipient - £302.25 per month – Recruitment Allowance
G5 – 1 recipient - £1,830.00 per month – Higher Graded Duties Undertaken
G6 – 1...
Follow up information request for correspondence re ref PL/rb/FOI2/002191
Partially successful.
The previous FOI that relates to this follow-up is on:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/did_somerset_county_council_scc#outgoing-420502
Will the Constabulary consider and review the Somerset County Council "Lessons Learnt" report?
Information not held.
Errata.
SCC Committee page for reports here (see Agenda Item 7):
http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/council/meetings/reports.asp?item=1116
"Lessons lear...
Will the PCC consider and review the Somerset County Council "Lessons Learnt" report?
Information not held.
Errata.
SCC Committee page for reports here (see Agenda Item 7):
http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/council/meetings/reports.asp?item=1116
"Lessons lear...
Complaints Procedure
Awaiting internal review.
Dear Brenda,
There may be two routes to address what is clearly a lack of formal procedure & information flow in the serious matters you raise:
a) Yo...
Killams (Taunton South) planning and s106/CIL notes
Partially successful.
Shockingly bad practice by Somerset County Council revealed, together with incorrect information being given by a Senior Manager about the note taking...
Please disclose the SCC IT Software Asset Log.
Partially successful.
Dear Somerset County Council Finance Director & s106 Officer,
In the absence of the promised IT Asset Logs last September, I did follow up with you a...
When was SAP last formally security assessed?
Partially successful.
Hi Tom.
I do live in the ASC area, so 101 fine.
I wanted the report disclosed electronically as I have fibre hi speed broadband but was told the re...
Marcin,
Thanks. I have just appealed to the ICO and my MEP is seeking information from EU as you suggest.
I may also follow up.
Thanks for your h...
When was SAP last formally security assessed?
Partially successful.
Tom - I agree.
The original (un-redacted) shared SAP security report is here:
http://www.liddellgrainger.org.uk/images/DOCUMENTS/Grant_Thornton_Re...
Marcin - Thanks for the reminder & I have responded appropriately as you suggested.
Please disclose all relevant legal & planning correspondence relating to the Killams "silent" judgement ref.38/12/0203
Long overdue.
This request has now been referred to the ICO on appeal with Case Reference Number FS50502951.
External Legal Support for Southwest One Contract
Partially successful.
Tony - They have pre-election avoided disclosing the 2013/14 costs of fighting the IBM lawsuit re SW1 said to be £2m (only the settlement figure is con...
External Legal Support for Southwest One Contract
Partially successful.
Tony - Cut & paste their response here as a comment please for open disclosure.
Is that a "cunning ploy" to avoid the truth coming out BEFORE the Cou...
External Legal Support for Southwest One Contract
Partially successful.
Tony - You could take SCC to Internal Review now, but that adds 20 working days and takes them past the County Council elections in early May - the cyn...
External Legal Support for Southwest One Contract
Partially successful.
The BBC say that £2m was spent on legal costs:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-21965545
Why haven't you been told then?
External Legal Support for Southwest One Contract
Partially successful.
Is this delay being driven by the politics of an election in early May and the pre-election purdah on 5th April?
http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Some...
I did receive a paper copy of Schedule 39 and I could scan it all and post on Scribd.
Before I go to that effort, can you tell me what your interest...
Allegedly vexatious - what is the current situation?
Partially successful.
Hi Alan,
I have been a persistent campaigner in Somerset to try and find out the true costs and savings from the controversial Joint Venture Southwes...
SMART Office Business Case / authority to proceed / project delivery governance
Partially successful.
Tony,
January 29th, Somerset Council's main Scrutiny committee is set to dscuss SMART Office capital expenditure, but unusually in a CLOSED (non-publ...
From: #PCC
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 3:22 PM
To: Dave Orr
Cc: #PCC
Subject: Freedom of Information request - FOI00299
Dear Mr Orr
RE:...
Brenda - The link is to this FOI (not IBM/SW1).
And congrats on your recent award.