M Boyce
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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 117)
Well she can go let off steam somewhere else.
When I spoke to the ICO on the phone I was told that not all caseworkers had access to a computer at ho...
The false hope given to complainants has been removed. Many people over the years will have mistakenly thought that a review could have changed the o...
Draft Public Service Ombudsman Bill now not fit for purpose.
Partially successful.
Transparency has been on the agenda for some time:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/when_will_the_new_transparency_b#comment-106689
Time taken to investigate cases
Successful.
Table 2: Time taken to reach decisions in cases between 2018–19 and 2020–21 (page 8)
First Report - Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Scrut...
Latest PHSO review and feedback guidance.
Awaiting internal review.
I telephoned the PHSO again today to try again to find out what was happening with the latest version of the Review and Feedback Guidance. This time I...
On 07 December the ICO wrote to the PHSO and gave them a further 10 working days to respond. Unsurprisingly the PHSO have not responded.
I have aske...
How Tribunal panels decide appeals.
Refused.
I today received a response from the FTT's Chamber President's Office with regard to the questions I asked below. The response does not make things any...
Applications to appeal a decision of the First-tier Tribunal to the Upper Tribunal.
Information not held.
This should perhaps better be described as refused.
I had already anticipated this, so I have asked the Chamber President of the FTT for the informat...
Link to register (Updated 26 April 2021):
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/information-rights-register-of-tribunal-cases/first-tier-tribuna...
On hiding information:
'25. It is clear in this case that the DWP did not approach this request in the way that it should have done. If the Appellant...
Number of people sanctioned for missing just one JSA appointment.
Awaiting internal review.
Recent UT decision overturns sanction relating to a failure to participate in a UC telephone interview:
KG-v-SSWP (UC) [2020] UKUT 307(AAC)
The im...
Review and Feedback Team (RAFT) guidance 2020
Follow up sent to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce on .
Partially successful.
Dear InformationRights,
We know who signed-off the revised review policy, but who actually revised it?
We have waited nearly two years for the revi...
Number of ICO caseworkers working reduced hours due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Partially successful.
The information provided doesn't really address the question or the issue. It is impossible to disaggregate the information and therefore we do not lea...
Judicial reviews of PHSO reviews of final reports
Partially successful.
Dr Bruce Newsome writes:
'According to heart-breaking testimonials, most complainants are treated by PHSO staff as time-wasters, liars, idiots, fanta...
https://www.ombudsman.org.uk/sites/default/files/The%20Ombudsman%E2%80%99s%20Annual%20Report%20and%20Accounts%202019-2020_
The Annual Report has reap...
To review evidence (the substance of an investigation), or not to review evidence, that is the question.
Response by Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to M Boyce on .
Refused.
Thank you for contacting the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s
(PHSO) Freedom of Information and Data Protection Team. This is to confirm...
Closing a claim for UC and receiving a final payment.
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to M Boyce on .
Partially successful.
Dear M Boyce,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 11th
November.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
DWP Centr...
Making a fresh/new claim for Universal Credit.
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to M Boyce on .
Partially successful.
Dear M Boyce,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 1st
November.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
DWP Centra...
The legal no man's land of the sham PHSO review process.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by phsothefacts Pressure Group on .
Refused.
Very interesting.
Unfair schizophrenia within the ICO
Information not held.
The ICO don't want to supply the information because if they did it would show that when they predicate disclosure of information under section 42 of t...
Low paid temporary workers are being denied their full personal tax allowance if they claim Universal Credit.
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to M Boyce on .
Successful.
Dear M Boyce,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 6th
August.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
DWP Central...
Thanks for this J Roberts.
To a large extent this particular request has now become somewhat academic. The ICO were eventually forced to admit that t...
The receipt of external legal advice from the PHSO
Follow up sent to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce on .
Successful.
Dear Information Commissioner's Office,
There is now no need to conduct an internal review because you have FINALLY provided the information I origin...
Can a PHSO manager or a peer review manager now change a final decision from not upheld to upheld?
Successful.
So a manager cannot change a decision, but they can 'request another assessment decision'. But what is an another assessment decision? Who undertakes t...
Review and Feedback Team (RAFT)
Partially successful.
Here's another classic example of PHSO lies and deceit.
In the above RaFT guidance it states the following:
'Recommendation.
Following on from yo...
This person's 945 annotations
Well she can go let off steam somewhere else.
When I spoke to the ICO on the phone I was told that not all caseworkers had access to a computer at ho...
Nine months is a considerable wait, but why is a requester labelled as vexatious if they simply inquire why the ICO has been so badly affected by the p...
The above link is working again.
Yesterday I was informed by the ICO that cases referred to them are now taking a minimum of nine months before they...
Why has the above link disappeared?
https://www.gov.uk/administrative-appeals-tribunal-decisions/osifeso-v-information-commissioner-2022-ukut-146-aac
So it seems you can get a paper con...
Yes, but they can't take what I haven't got.
It still leaves the option of judicial review, but this is difficult and potentially VERY expensive.
I know about judicial review, since I've done it...
Actually I don't think there does need to be further clarification. In UTT 'Dransfield' it states at paragraph 66:
'....was THIS REQUEST vexatious in...
Yes I agree. The ICO's Guidance is just that: it is not legally binding, and the case law of 'Dransfield' merely describes it as persuasive and 'soft...
So what could have happened at the Upper Tribunal hearing last Tuesday?
One of three possible outcomes:
(1) The Judge has decided to strike out the...
Yes I have seen that decision. It makes clear that the First-tier Tribunal is supposed to conduct a full merits review - effectively looking at ALL the...
Yes the ICO Guidance and the Upper Tribunal case law of 'Dransfield' fully support the cut-off point.
But, I have proven throughout this thread that...
https://informationrights.decisions.tribunals.gov.uk/DBFiles/Decision/i3044/042%20130622%20DECISION-Dismissed.pdf
The above case on section 14 FOIA (...
It is very unlikely that they will attempt to strike out the application. There are simply no grounds to do so. In any event, they will want this case...
The below sent to Judge Jones today. The hearing, with nobody there, will take place in just over 24 hours. The decision is a foregone conclusion.
LA...
Update on PHSO complaints procedures
Refused.
it is not clear at all whether the PHSO are currently conducting reviews of their decisions.
They have told me they are not.
There is no Review an...
Does anybody else reading this thread think that judges should prioritise possibly trying to save a small amount of money over fairness and justice?...
The Judge's are just working together to ignore everything I say.
Judge Wikeley just later stated that I could ask questions and answer questions at...
And my response to the previous post sent to the Judge today.
Could you please ensure that Judge Jones receives this response to his recent communica...
The following from Judge Jones sent to me yesterday.
I am sending this response on behalf of UT Judge Jones:
The Judge was allocated this case by J...
I don't object to the two judges being excluded. I think that was the right thing to do. What I do object to is that Judge Wikeley has not explained WH...
You will find the other thread very informative.
I don't know for certain that the PHSO have dropped their review process, but the evidence that is a...
Hi Jason
It's great to hear from you again.
I completely agree with your comments about the unfairness of the whole system and the inbuilt bias tow...
You are quite right that the 'Drury' case refers to judge recusal rather than judge exclusion, but they both have exactly the same practical effect: th...
By excluding Judges Church and Wright Judge Wikeley is TACITLY admitting that my concerns are valid. If my concerns were not he would not exclude them....