Dave Orr
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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 242)
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 .
Awaiting classification.
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
Response by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to Dave Orr on .
Awaiting classification.
Our reference: 3805401 Information request
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Meeting notes from the merger of Taunton Deane Borough Council and West Somerset Council
Response by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to Dave Orr on .
Awaiting classification.
Our reference: 3802551 Information request
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Post-application planning advuce for Orchard Court (ref. 38/18/0029)
Response by Taunton Deane Borough Council to Dave Orr on .
Awaiting response.
Dear Requester
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your request for information. Your request has been received and it will be dealt with u...
Pre-planning advice for Orchard Court Ref 38/18/0029
Response by Taunton Deane Borough Council to Dave Orr on .
Awaiting response.
Dear Requester
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your request for information. Your request has been received and it will be dealt with u...
All advice, meeting notes and correspondence etc for the proposed merger of Taunton Deane and West Somerset Councils
Follow up sent to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government by Dave Orr on .
Refused.
I will submit a fresh FOI.
Yours sincerely,
Dave Orr
All correspondence (from 01/01/2016 to present) between Taunton Deane Borough Council and the DCLG
Follow up sent to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government by Dave Orr on .
Partially successful.
Seriously, the narrowed down request applied to internal and legal advice as well as Taunton Deane Borough Council correspondence.
Where are the...
A358 Taunton to Southfields scheme - Basis for rejection 3 of 4 shortlisted options in the Technical Assessment Report ( TAR)?
Information not held.
ICO finds against Highways England Commercially Sensitive arguement
http://www.englandhighways.co.uk/commercial-interests-ico-ref-fs50684952/
fs5068...
To Mr Orr,
I am writing to confirm that we have now completed our search for the
information, which you requested on 26/09/2017.
The respo...
Meeting Notes from the A30/A303/A358 improvement project (2013 to present date).
Follow up sent to Devon County Council by Dave Orr on .
Successful.
Thank you for all of your diligent work in locating and digitising the information requested.
I have only recently returned from holiday and I hav...
Did you consult with Somerset County Council and Taunton Deane Borough Council for the A358 Southfield to Taunton scheme?
Response by Highways England Company Limited to Dave Orr on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Orr
Our Ref: Internal Review 751, 798
I refer to your request for an internal review in relation to FOI Request
750,698 - A358 Southfi...
How will consultation responses for the A358 Taunton to Southfields be collated and analysed?
Response by Highways England Company Limited to Dave Orr on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Orr,
Thank you for your email of 13 July regarding the collation of the A358
Taunton to Southfields consultation responses.
I have...
Does the DfT hold a copy of the Code of Conduct for Highways England Ltd?
Response by Department for Transport to Dave Orr on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Orr,
Thank you for your email. To confirm, my response was in relation to each of your questions - the Department does not hold any informatio...
Legal, consultancy and termination costs etc to exit the controversial contract with IBM for Southwest One
Response by Somerset County Council to Dave Orr on .
Successful.
Information request
Our reference: 2473165
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Dear Mr Orr
Please fi...
A358 Taunton to Southfields scheme - DoT involvement?
Response by Department for Transport to Dave Orr on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Orr
Please see the response to your request for information, attached.
Thank you,
Andrew Colski | Senior Programme Lead, Strategic Roads -...
A358 Taunton to Southfields scheme - MP and Local Councils correspondence?
Response by Department for Transport to Dave Orr on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Orr
Please see attached the Department for Transport’s reply to your Freedom
of Information request of the 3^rd June 2017.
I hope...
Annual electronic self-service transactions as a percentage of all service transactions?
Response by Taunton Deane Borough Council to Dave Orr on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Orr
Response – 2340TD
Please supply the scoring assessments undertaken (as described in your
latest response).
Response: Th...
Were you consulted by the Highways Agency for the A358 Southfield to Taunton scheme?
Response by Somerset County Council to Dave Orr on .
Successful.
Information request
Our reference: 2428365
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Dear Mr Orr
Thank you...
Customer access channel migration to electronic self-service during 9 years of contract with IBM for South West One?
Response by Taunton Deane Borough Council to Dave Orr on .
Partially successful.
Dear Requester
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Information Request FOI – 2341TD
Response
This is Taunton Deane Borough Council’...
IT Estate values pre and post contract with IBM for South West One (SW1).
Response by Somerset County Council to Dave Orr on .
Information not held.
Information request
Our reference: 2074665
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Dear Mr Orr
Thank you...
Breakdown of £7.5m costs for "revamp" of Deane House.
Response by Taunton Deane Borough Council to Dave Orr on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Orr
The procurement process for the EA commenced on 28/10/16. The contract
has not been awarded but the preferred tenderer was notified...
Purpose of the Unitary Charge Equalisation reserve and list of transactions to date.
Response by Somerset County Council to Dave Orr on .
Partially successful.
Information request
Our reference: 2057765
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Dear Mr Orr
Thank you...
Killams Planning application ref 38-12-0203 s106/CIL agreement(s) and latest position.
Follow up sent to Somerset County Council by Dave Orr on .
Partially successful.
This FOI is now closed.
Here is a copy of my letter email to SCC after your Internal Review response which confirmed my concerns about a lack of s...
Costs of defending the Judicial Review (opposing the TDBC/WSC merger proposal)?
Follow up sent to Taunton Deane Borough Council by Dave Orr on .
Successful.
Thank you for the clarification.
Yours sincerely,
Dave Orr
Agency staff numbers and spend - All Directorates and Services.
Follow up sent to Somerset County Council by Dave Orr on .
Partially successful.
Follow-up Q1. Can you please tell me the total number of staff in the reporting period who were agency hires that cost (with agency markup included)...
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.