John Golding
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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 54)
Case references: FS50858734 and FS50836015. Failures by Sussex Police to comply with the FOI Act which were referred to the ICO.
Response by Information Commissioner's Office to John Golding on .
Delayed.
31 July 2020
Our reference: IC-45252-X7C8
Dear Mr Golding,
Thank you for your recent request for information. We received your
request on 22 Ju...
Clarification of Dominic Cummings absence from work from 27 March 2020 to 14 April 2020.
Follow up sent to Cabinet Office by John Golding on .
Long overdue.
I refer to my FOI request which was made to you on 1 June 2020. You acknowledged this on the same date and gave a reference number of: FOI2020 06969...
Decision on Dominic Cummings travel in the time of lockdown for Covid 19.
Response by Durham Constabulary to John Golding on .
Partially successful.
Good Afternoon John,
Please find attached response to your Freedom of Information request.
Yours Sincerely
Freedom of Information Decision Maker
Bus...
Visits to Durham and surrounding areas by Dominic Cummings and family.
Response by Durham Constabulary to John Golding on .
Partially successful.
Good Afternoon John,
Please find attached response to your Freedom of Information request.
Yours Sincerely
Freedom of Information Decision Maker
Bus...
Safeguarding Investigation Unit (2).
Long overdue.
See the annotation posted on Safeguarding Investigation Unit on 15 July 2020. The ICO has failed to take any further action despite a promise to do so....
Safeguarding Investigation Unit.
Awaiting internal review.
Following an FOI request to the ICO Mrs J, Senior Caseworker, replied to me stating that Sussex Police had sent an update and that she would respond to...
Visits to Durham and surrounding areas by Dominic Cummings and family.
Response by Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to John Golding on .
Refused.
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Email: [1][the Met request email]
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The information provided by the GMC makes it very clear that the case of Pablo Jeczmien should have been referred to the Police. The circumstances of h...
Complaints against British Gas concerning failures in service and criminal offences.
Response by Office of Gas and Electricity Markets to John Golding on .
Refused.
Dear John,
Please see the attached response to your recent information request.
Kind regards,
Emily
Emily Hardisty
Information Rights and Corre...
Failures to comply with the FOI Act by Sussex Police.
Follow up sent to Information Commissioner's Office by John Golding on .
Refused.
It is disappointing to find you have failed to address either the original FOI request, or that of the Internal Review. Both of these requests made...
Having read the details of the GMC Fitness to Practise Hearing it is astounding that the fact a number of crimes were committed by Jeczmien were not me...
Case reference: FS50858734. Sussex Police's failure to comply with FOI Act.
Follow up sent to Information Commissioner's Office by John Golding on .
Partially successful.
Your comments have been noted, however I would point out that there has been no action from the ICO on this case since 2 September 2019. I received...
Compliance with the FOI Act.
Refused.
Update as at 12 December 2019. The ICO has issued a Decision Notice concerning this case. It has been decided that the council does not hold any furthe...
How many of the open caseload of 1275 are for FOI requests to the same public bodies?
Response by Information Commissioner's Office to John Golding on .
Successful.
2 October 2019
Case Reference Number IRQ0872943
Dear J Golding
Freedom of Information request – How many of the open caseload of 1275...
It is incredible to expect anyone to believe the ICO doesn't have instructions to employees on the procedures to apply in cases where bodies fail to co...
Complaints and concerns relating to Look Ahead.
Response by Care Quality Commission to John Golding on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Golding
Our Ref: CQC IAT 1920 0468
We write in response to your correspondence of 25 August in which you
asked a series of questions about...
Complaints and concerns over Look Ahead.
Partially successful.
The number of complaints referred to the Housing Ombudsman seems to be low but the fact that Look Ahead engage in dirty tricks and fail to comply with...
New procedure for reviewing open FOI Act cases.
Successful.
The effect of this new "trial" appears to be to close down the older cases regardless of their merits. This means that the public bodies who fail to co...
This was referred to the ICO ON 26 November 2018. Having had the case since then it has been subject to endless delays on the part of the ICO. Needless...
Breaches of GDPR by Dumfries and Glloway Council.
Response by Information Commissioner's Office to John Golding on .
Successful.
6 September 2019
Case Reference Number IRQ0867022
Dear Mr Golding
Freedom of Information request - Breaches of GDPR by Dumfries and Gallo...
Clarification on the different approaches to an identical situation by officers in the ICO.
Response by Information Commissioner's Office to John Golding on .
Partially successful.
7 August 2019
Case Reference Number IRQ0858773
Dear Mr Golding
This is a response to your recent request for information, which we
recei...
Update as at 26 July 2019. The officer at the ICO, one Roger Cawthorne, having taken this up and pursued with WDDC has now decided that he cannot take...
People who are provided with a
Response by HM Revenue and Customs to John Golding on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Golding,
Please find attached HMRC's review of our response to your information
request.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
M...
Decision notices issued to Sussex Police.
Response by Information Commissioner's Office to John Golding on .
Successful.
13 March 2019
Case Reference Number IRQ0825665
Dear Mr Golding,
Request for Information
Further to our acknowledgment of 6 March 2019...
One way train tickets for the homeless.
Partially successful.
The response provided here makes me wonder how they audit the council's accounts. The record keeping is clearly inadequate and leaves much to speculati...
This person's 62 annotations
Safeguarding Investigation Unit (2).
Long overdue.
See the annotation posted on Safeguarding Investigation Unit on 15 July 2020. The ICO has failed to take any further action despite a promise to do so....
Safeguarding Investigation Unit.
Awaiting internal review.
Following an FOI request to the ICO Mrs J, Senior Caseworker, replied to me stating that Sussex Police had sent an update and that she would respond to...
ICO contravention of section 42 of the FOIA
Awaiting classification.
I am sorry to report that the administrators of this site seem to display a great bias towards the ICO when dealing with complaints from that body abou...
ICO contravention of section 42 of the FOIA
Awaiting classification.
Just to give you an idea of the attitude of the ICO, after I posted my request to them online, they have complained to the Administrator of this site....
It seems to say it all when the ICO has complained to the Administrator about this request. They consider it acceptable for them to fail to deal with c...
ICO contravention of section 42 of the FOIA
Awaiting classification.
You are not alone and I am having similar experiences with the ICO.
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/case_references_fs50858734_and_f
I susp...
Safeguarding Investigation Unit.
Awaiting internal review.
Update as at 13 June 2020. In what seems to be the norm for both Sussex Police and the ICO, there has been no action whatsoever since the last time I p...
Safeguarding Investigation Unit (2).
Long overdue.
Update as at 13 June 2020. There has been no response from either Sussex Police, or the ICO. It is clear the FOI Act is treated with contempt by both c...
Safeguarding Investigation Unit.
Awaiting internal review.
Update as at 22/04/2020. The continuing failure to comply with the FOI Act by Sussex Police is nothing new from this outfit. There appears to be collus...
Safeguarding Investigation Unit (2).
Long overdue.
Update as at 22/04/2020. There has been no action, or response, from either Sussex Police, or the ICO. It is bad enough Sussex Police failing to comply...
The information provided by the GMC makes it very clear that the case of Pablo Jeczmien should have been referred to the Police. The circumstances of h...
Having read the details of the GMC Fitness to Practise Hearing it is astounding that the fact a number of crimes were committed by Jeczmien were not me...
Subject Access Request
Awaiting internal review.
You couldn't make it up. This is a police force that doesn't comply with the law. I have my own battles with them and have asked the ICO for more infor...
Compliance with the FOI Act.
Refused.
Update as at 12 December 2019. The ICO has issued a Decision Notice concerning this case. It has been decided that the council does not hold any furthe...
Payments Made to Covert Human Intelligence Sources
Long overdue.
As someone who is having difficulty in getting Sussex Police to comply with the FOI Act, I would suggest you request an Internal Review of their failur...
Safeguarding Investigation Unit.
Awaiting internal review.
Update as at 17 November 2019. Sussex Police continue to fail to comply with the FOI Act. This is one of many cases for which they decline to provide t...
Safeguarding Investigation Unit (2).
Long overdue.
Update as at 17 November 2019. Sussex Police are continuing to fail to comply with the FOI Act. This is one of many cases for which they decline to pro...
Compliance with the FOI Act.
Refused.
This has been working with the ICO for some time and it has been dealt with under their new system for reviewing older cases. In effect, this is an exe...
It is incredible to expect anyone to believe the ICO doesn't have instructions to employees on the procedures to apply in cases where bodies fail to co...
Complaints and concerns over Look Ahead.
Partially successful.
The number of complaints referred to the Housing Ombudsman seems to be low but the fact that Look Ahead engage in dirty tricks and fail to comply with...
New procedure for reviewing open FOI Act cases.
Successful.
The effect of this new "trial" appears to be to close down the older cases regardless of their merits. This means that the public bodies who fail to co...
This was referred to the ICO ON 26 November 2018. Having had the case since then it has been subject to endless delays on the part of the ICO. Needless...
Update as at 26 July 2019. The officer at the ICO, one Roger Cawthorne, having taken this up and pursued with WDDC has now decided that he cannot take...
Travel time for carers
Partially successful.
I note that you did ask for the, "rule, or law" which permits them to do this. They haven't provided this, so you can ask for an Internal Review which...
Travel time for carers
Partially successful.
I suggest you contact HMRC who monitor such practices. They are responsible for pursuing employers who fail to pay the minimum wage and have powers to...