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M Boyce

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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 120)

The PHSO non-CCT review process and the PHSO re-opening process.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 27 September 2023.

Awaiting classification.

It could take a very long time, and I expect that it will. You are quite right that the Group Manager, Philip Angell, who 'dealt' with my complaint h...
ICO legal advice on post-request events and section 14 FOIA (vexatious).
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 27 September 2023.

Information not held.

Anyone that fights for the truth could be and are often labelled obsessive by the Establishment. The Hillsborough families were frequently slandered i...
The ICO piling pressure on the First-tier Tribunal to save its own scarce resources.
Response by Information Commissioner's Office to M Boyce on 18 August 2023.

Refused.

18 August 2023  Case Reference: IC-239613-H8F4  Dear M Boyce, Please find enclosed our response to your request for an internal review received...
The cut off point for evidence that a request is vexatious.
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 2 May 2023.

Partially successful.

Thanks J Roberts for the above DN that clearly states that post-request events CANNOT be taken into account in section 14 (vexatious) FOIA cases. But...
ICO contravention of section 42 of the FOIA
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 20 December 2022.

Refused.

A few other points are notable here too. Judge Wikeley DID give reasons for his TWM certification in the above case. He was under no legal duty to do...
Latest PHSO review and feedback guidance.
Response by Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to M Boyce on 30 November 2022.

Successful.

Dear M Boyce, Thank you for your correspondence of 21 October 2021 in which you requested information from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombud...
The legal minefield of the PHSO re-opening of cases and the PHSO commencement of fresh/new investigations.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by J Roberts on 7 July 2022.

Refused.

They just don't want to acknowledge it in public.' I agree. This junk statistic sticks out like a sore thumb: 'Of the complaints we investigate ea...
Draft Public Service Ombudsman Bill now not fit for purpose.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by J Roberts on 1 June 2022.

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
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by J Roberts on 27 May 2022.

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...
How Tribunal panels decide appeals.
Request to HM Courts and Tribunals Service by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 2 August 2021.

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.
Request to HM Courts and Tribunals Service by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 26 July 2021.

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...
Information rights appeals: register of tribunal cases.
Request to HM Courts and Tribunals Service by M Boyce. Annotated by J Roberts on 3 May 2021.

Successful.

Link to register (Updated 26 April 2021): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/information-rights-register-of-tribunal-cases/first-tier-tribuna...
The ICO not responding to FOI requests in line with its statutory duty.
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by J Roberts on 9 February 2021.

Refused.

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.
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by M Boyce. Annotated by J Roberts on 18 December 2020.

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 25 November 2020.

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.
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 13 September 2020.

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
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by J Roberts on 24 July 2020.

Partially successful.

Dr Bruce Newsome writes: 'According to heart-breaking testimonials, most complainants are treated by PHSO staff as time-wasters, liars, idiots, fanta...
Number of PHSO fresh/new investigations conducted directly after the final report.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 20 July 2020.

Refused.

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 25 February 2020.

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 25 November 2019.

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 14 November 2019.

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 12 October 2019.

Refused.

Very interesting.
Unfair schizophrenia within the ICO
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 8 September 2019.

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 16 August 2019.

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...
Legal advice from external lawyers on the legal status of PHSO reviews.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 23 July 2019.

Refused.

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...
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This person's 1108 annotations

The PHSO non-CCT review process and the PHSO re-opening process.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 27 September 2023.

Awaiting classification.

It could take a very long time, and I expect that it will. You are quite right that the Group Manager, Philip Angell, who 'dealt' with my complaint h...
ICO legal advice on post-request events and section 14 FOIA (vexatious).
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 27 September 2023.

Information not held.

Anyone that fights for the truth could be and are often labelled obsessive by the Establishment. The Hillsborough families were frequently slandered i...
The PHSO non-CCT review process and the PHSO re-opening process.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 26 September 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Two years? That's very optimistic! This case essentially has its origins over seven years ago; the PHSO will make sure there are many more to come. The...
PHSO Scrutiny 2021–22: Government and PHSO response paper
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by Brenda Prentice. Annotated by M Boyce on 25 September 2023.

Partially successful.

Brenda and C Rock, you are both right. The PHSO and the ICO keep telling everyone that they are always right and we are always wrong. We know better.
The PHSO non-CCT review process and the PHSO re-opening process.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 22 September 2023.

Awaiting classification.

The below decision of the FTT. Decisions are now published in the National Archives and not on the FTT website - for some reason. In the decision be...
The PHSO non-CCT review process and the PHSO re-opening process.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 8 September 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Yes agreed. But my main issue is WHY is the post-request events issue being consistently ignored? Surely clarification would be a good thing? It's maki...
The PHSO non-CCT review process and the PHSO re-opening process.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 7 September 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Appeal to the First-tier Tribunal against Decision EA/2022/0234, Judge C Goodman, dated 08 August 2023. I will start this appeal by thanking the Firs...
ICO legal advice on post-request events and section 14 FOIA (vexatious).
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 29 August 2023.

Information not held.

No I didn't. No one is forcing anyone to read this thread. If you are so bored with it, you know the solution - don't read it. At the end of the...
ICO legal advice on post-request events and section 14 FOIA (vexatious).
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 29 August 2023.

Information not held.

I'm not a liar. Being stubborn can be a virtue. It's a real pity your students are not going to see this case, because I am sure they would be very...
ICO legal advice on post-request events and section 14 FOIA (vexatious).
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 26 August 2023.

Information not held.

I will take no lectures from someone who, on their own admission on this thread, does not need to look at the EVIDENCE. With regard to my appeal re...
The PHSO non-CCT review process and the PHSO re-opening process.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 22 August 2023.

Awaiting classification.

A couple of further interesting points. The Registrar told me in Case Management Directions that in relation to post-request events, that on receipt...
The PHSO non-CCT review process and the PHSO re-opening process.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 22 August 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Thanks for this information J Roberts. It provides further proof that it is possible (although unusual and difficult) to appeal a successful decision....
The PHSO non-CCT review process and the PHSO re-opening process.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 21 August 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Sadly I have not found any. It is a highly unusual situation. There is, however, nothing in the Tribunal Rules that prevent a winning party appealing...
ICO legal advice on post-request events and section 14 FOIA (vexatious).
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 20 August 2023.

Information not held.

NCN: [2023] UKFTT 00685 (GRC) Case Reference: EA/2022/0324 First-tier Tribunal General Regulatory Chamber Information Rights Determined on th...
The PHSO non-CCT review process and the PHSO re-opening process.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 20 August 2023.

Awaiting classification.

NCN: [2023] UKFTT 00685 (GRC) Case Reference: EA/2022/0324 First-tier Tribunal General Regulatory Chamber Information Rights Determined on t...
The PHSO non-CCT review process and the PHSO re-opening process.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 19 August 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Thanks, J Roberts. You know more about computers than I do. I just switch it on, press a few buttons and hope for the best.
The PHSO non-CCT review process and the PHSO re-opening process.
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 18 August 2023.

Awaiting classification.

J Roberts and PHSOthefacts, you may find the below FTT decision interesting. You will need to copy and paste the below link unfortunately, because fo...
ICO legal advice on post-request events and section 14 FOIA (vexatious).
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 18 August 2023.

Information not held.

The below FTT decision is highly relevant here: file:///C:/Users/markb/Downloads/016%20080823%20Decision%20-%20EA20220324%20Boyce%2011.7.2023%20(5).p...
ICO legal advice on post-request events and section 14 FOIA (vexatious).
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 18 August 2023.

Information not held.

You say that I should have a costs order imposed against me. The imposing of a costs order against an appellant is extremely rare. I am not sure whet...
ICO legal advice on post-request events and section 14 FOIA (vexatious).
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 18 August 2023.

Information not held.

The Tribunal case you provide a link to doesn't take things any further. You assert that I will lose my appeal. I may win or I may lose, and that is th...
ICO legal advice on post-request events and section 14 FOIA (vexatious).
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 16 August 2023.

Information not held.

The below request on deleting requested information: https://informationrights.decisions.tribunals.gov.uk/DBFiles/Decision/i3245/Hayes,%20Jonathan%20...
ICO legal advice on post-request events and section 14 FOIA (vexatious).
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 14 August 2023.

Information not held.

You've given your opinion on this matter, which you are fully entitled to do. It is no longer productive to continue to communicate with you on this ma...
ICO legal advice on post-request events and section 14 FOIA (vexatious).
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 14 August 2023.

Information not held.

That's just your opinion, because you repeatedly say you don't look at evidence - you just ignore it.
ICO legal advice on post-request events and section 14 FOIA (vexatious).
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 13 August 2023.

Information not held.

You say: I'm not making a judgement (not my job), I'm giving an opinion.' And there in lies your fundamental problem. Definition of judgement:...
ICO legal advice on post-request events and section 14 FOIA (vexatious).
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by M Boyce on 13 August 2023.

Information not held.

If I win I win, if I lose I lose. That's life. The point about our little tete a tete is that you have shown quite clearly that you always ignore the...
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