J Newman

Response by Leicestershire County Council to J Newman on 9 January 2019.

Partially successful.

Dear J Newman Further to your email dated 27th December, please find below the response to your further enquiry. Page 8 of the below document details...

Street Lighting - Hollycroft, Hinckley

Response by Leicestershire County Council to J Newman on 7 December 2018.

Successful.

Dear Mr Newman, Your request has been handled under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, not the Freedom of Information Act 2000, as...

Street Lighting - Hollycroft

Follow up sent to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council by J Newman on 16 November 2018.

Information not held.

I would refer you to the ICO which states that : "In most cases, authorities should consider FOI and EIR requests without reference to the identity...

Traffic calming - compensation claims

Response by Leicestershire County Council to J Newman on 30 October 2018.

Successful.

Dear Mr Newman, Your request has now been considered and the information is attached. If you have any difficulty in accessing the information p...

Speed data

Response by Leicestershire County Council to J Newman on 24 July 2018.

Information not held.

Mr Newman [FOI #490208 email] 24/07/2018 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST FOI Request Number :10608 Description :Speed Data...

Speed Data (2)

Response by Leicestershire County Council to J Newman on 24 July 2018.

Information not held.

Mr Newman [FOI #496558 email] 24/07/2018 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST FOI Request Number :10608 Description :Speed Data...

GP earnings

Response by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust to J Newman on 20 March 2018.

Information not held.

Dear J Newman, Unfortunately, we are unable to help you. If you have any concerns about information that should be published in accordance with the Fr...

Cycling scheme & traffic congestion in Hinckley (2)

Response by Leicestershire County Council to J Newman on 6 December 2017.

Partially successful.

J Newman [FOI #444506 email] 06/12/2017 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2004 - INFORMATION REQUEST EIR Request Number :9634 Description :Cy...

Cycling scheme & traffic congestion in Hinckley

Response by Leicestershire County Council to J Newman on 8 November 2017.

Partially successful.

Newman [FOI #438153 email] 08/11/2017 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST FOI Request Number :9561 Description :Cycling Scheme...

Police inaction, PCC role

Response by Home Office to J Newman on 3 October 2017.

Partially successful.

Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request. Home Office 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF [1]www.gov.uk/ho...

Vehicle related injuries in Stoke Road

Follow up sent to Leicestershire County Council by J Newman on 25 April 2017.

Information not held.

I would simply point out that the statement you made to the press regarding no injuries since the installation of cushions contained no qualification...

Funding for speed cameras

Response by Her Majesty's Treasury to J Newman on 23 March 2017.

Successful.

Dear J Newman Please find attached a letter in response to your Freedom of Information request. For ease of reference, the attached letter...

Traffic Management Responsibilities

Response by NHS Property Services Limited to J Newman on 12 December 2016.

Successful.

Dear Mr Newman Please find attached a response to your recent enquiry from Charles Siddons, Head of Facilities Management I hope this is h...

Vehicle Weight Restrictions

Response by Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner to J Newman on 19 August 2016.

Information not held.

Good afternoon. Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request. Please accept my apologies as it seems that th...

Outsourcing Market Management

Follow up sent to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council by J Newman on 12 August 2016.

Information not held.

Thanks again. Yours sincerely, J Newman

Privatisation

Response by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust to J Newman on 13 July 2016.

Information not held.

Dear J Newman, Freedom of Information Act 2000 Request REF: FOI/1617/SG4192 Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Informati...

Cycling Network Plan – Steering Group

Response by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council to J Newman on 11 July 2016.

Partially successful.

Dear J Newman, Should you wish to contact a member of our management team please contact Bill Cullen, Deputy Chief Executive at [1][email addre...

Housing

Response by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council to J Newman on 6 July 2016.

Information not held.

Dear J Newman Please find a pdf copy of the report attached to this email in response to your request below. Kind regards Nicola Bro...

Right first time (2)

Response by Department for Work and Pensions to J Newman on 23 May 2016.

Refused.

Mr Newman Please see copy of your FoI request attached Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Central Freedom of Information Team [DWP...

Inducements to "populate" The Crescent

Response by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council to J Newman on 17 May 2016.

Partially successful.

Dear J Newman Please find attached answers to your further questions. Kind regards Helen Rishworth (AMBCS) Information Governance O...

The Crescent - hidden costs

Response by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council to J Newman on 9 May 2016.

Refused.

Dear J Newman Freedom of Information Act 2000 request HR/FOI/3382 Please find below a response to your review. Your request: Thank...

Payments made to private sector companies

Response by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council to J Newman on 29 April 2016.

Partially successful.

Dear J Newman Freedom of Information Act 2000 request FOI/3331 Please find attached a response to your FOI review. Response to Q3: ...

Right First Time

Response by Department for Work and Pensions to J Newman on 30 March 2016.

Refused.

This is an automated confirmation that your request for information has been accepted by the DWP FoI mailbox. By the next working day your request wi...

Bribes to the Private Sector

Follow up sent to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council by J Newman on 26 February 2016.

Refused.

I will raise another request and we will see from the response whether or not my original wording was correct or not. For your information, the Camb...

Police referrals

Follow up sent to Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority by J Newman on 9 February 2016.

Partially successful.

thank you Yours sincerely, J Newman

Introduction of 30mph Average Speed Cameras in Measham

Request to Leicestershire County Council by Mr Green. Annotated by J Newman on 8 June 2018.

Awaiting classification.

Hi. I'm not sure if you are for or against this scheme, but hope you don't mind a comment. The problem I have is with the relevance of average speeds...

What is the role of the decision maker for ESA/PIP?

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Trudy Baddams. Annotated by J Newman on 14 April 2018.

Partially successful.

Love the reference to a "fresh pair of eyes" - fresher presumably than the first pair of eyes, despite having been trained through the same regime and...

Maximus Targets

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Clive Arnold. Annotated by J Newman on 19 December 2017.

Refused.

Thankfully I am now long out of this fetid process, but it is interesting to note that few of the key shortcomings have not been addressed since it all...

Universal Credit Programme Board Meetings - Information Packs.

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by J Newman on 20 October 2017.

Refused.

What's that old saying about having nothing to fear if there is nothing to hide?

CV training of Work Coaches

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by paul rogers. Annotated by J Newman on 10 October 2017.

Awaiting classification.

Many will find this is academic as the so-called coaches know they are in no position to comment as the question implies. The obvious false assumption...

Universal Credit Programme - Project Assessment Review Reports

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by J Newman on 28 September 2017.

Successful.

Notwithstanding the outcome of the appeal and a staggering 18 elapsed months (so far) a highly commendable degree of persistence to hold DWP to account...

Cost of Article 50 Appeal to Supreme Court

Request to Department for Exiting the European Union by John Slater. Annotated by J Newman on 11 March 2017.

Refused.

I do sometimes wonder if it is ever in the public interest not to disclose - certainly in areas like this.

Service Requirements (WCA outcome report) - Contract with CHDA Limited

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by J Newman on 21 December 2016.

Refused.

DWP's response here quite possibly rates as the worst case of ineptitude and/or deception that I have seen on this website.

Investigatory Powers Act 2016 - Browser History

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by J Newman on 8 December 2016.

Successful.

Or worse, a total stranger accessing Wi-Fi from outside.......

Univesral Credit Programme - Product Backlog & Roadmap

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by J Newman on 25 November 2016.

Partially successful.

Brilliant John!!

Service Requirements (WCA outcome report) - Contract with CHDA Limited

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by J Newman on 9 July 2016.

Refused.

As you probably know the most common expansion of PBR is "Payment By Results". Ominous.

Mandatory Reconsideration Process - When is a MR request acted upon by a human being

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by J Newman on 17 June 2016.

Successful.

One cannot fail to notice the frequency of IRRs

Mandatory Reconsideration Process - When is a MR request acted upon by a human being

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by J Newman on 17 June 2016.

Successful.

Don't bother doing anything until the first complaint comes in......... seems DWP has morphed into a dodgy insurance company's claims processing philos...

SoS: 75% of people who have been sanctioned claimed it helped them "focus and get on."

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by J Newman on 12 April 2016.

Partially successful.

The problem as always is that by the time a politician is proved to have said something that is "inaccurate", everything has moved on so they continual...

Payments made to private sector companies

Request to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council by J Newman. Annotated by J Newman on 30 March 2016.

Partially successful.

It is apparent that many local retailers are less than happy about the unfairness of these inducements and rightly so.

SoS: 75% of people who have been sanctioned claimed it helped them "focus and get on."

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by J Newman on 11 March 2016.

Partially successful.

If I were a betting man I'd wager this is based on even less than a wet finger in the air.

Right First Time

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by J Newman. Annotated by J Newman on 4 March 2016.

Refused.

Thanks for the tip Mr H, it sounds like your experience of DWP is much the same as mine. I raised these same issues years ago and they sidestepped the...

Use of Section 8(1)(b) of the FOI Act

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by J Newman on 10 February 2016.

Partially successful.

As a slight aside I had a brush with DWP in this area a couple of years ago (so things may have changed). As regards their own correspondence, the “au...

Use of Section 8(1)(b) of the FOI Act

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by J Newman on 9 February 2016.

Partially successful.

Without doubt, whilst they may not quite break the law, some activities are "covert" to say the least.

Immediate Tax on Purchase

Request to Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency by B. Adams. Annotated by J Newman on 9 June 2015.

Information not held.

Yet another example of where the "authorities" have not fully thought something through.

WCA - Audio Recording Information

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by J Newman on 4 June 2015.

Partially successful.

Just looking back through this and considering the spirit of FoI..... do the rules seriously allow an entire request to be rejected because one element...

LiMA System - Impact of Maximus Contract

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by J Newman on 28 November 2014.

Successful.

Damned good point(s) John. Background deals like this are always well concealed in the hope that nobody will ever know.......

Contribution Based ESA and pension income

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by J Newman. Annotated by J Newman on 18 November 2014.

Partially successful.

Just a couple of final points for anyone working through this. 1. Income based ESA payments do not rely on NI contributions, so one would imagine tha...

Maximus WCA Contract

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by J Newman on 18 November 2014.

Partially successful.

Despite the PM's repeated assurances of openness and honesty, DWP continues to do all it can to avoid either. I wonder if he realises.

The ICE within DWP

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by J Newman. Annotated by J Newman on 2 September 2014.

Successful.

For anyone passing this way the key sentence in the reply is "This would also apply to requests where the information sought is owned by the Independe...

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