Neil Wilby
Joined WhatDoTheyKnow in 2012
Justice campaigner. Investigative journalist.
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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 207)
Published Decision on Operation Laggan
Response by Police Investigations and Review Commissioner to Neil Wilby on .
Successful.
Your email has been received by the Police Investigations & Review
Commissioner. Please note we will respond as soon as we can. Due to most
of ou...
Removal of security screens in Oldham civic chamber
Response by Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council to Neil Wilby on .
Awaiting internal review.
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your emails dated 22 September 2023 regarding your request, reference 18792.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, Se...
Dear Freedom of Information,
Thank you for the prompt response.
I will not be contesting the exemptions upon which you have relied in finalising th...
If you are emailing a valid Freedom of Information request please treat
this as a formal acknowledgement.
Your request will now be considered in ac...
If you are emailing a valid Freedom of Information request please treat
this as a formal acknowledgement.
Your request will now be considered in ac...
Employee statistics
Follow up sent to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council by Neil Wilby on .
Partially successful.
Thank you for the response dated 7th July, 2023.
An internal review request is contemplated but there are decisions to be taken on (a) proportionalit...
Knowledge circle - Criminal investigation into Director General over 'historic allegation'
Long overdue.
External review – IOPC Director General’s resignation
Published 09 Mar 2023
'3. Objectives
The review will seek to:
3.1 Establish what was know...
Guidance issued on use of Council's internal and external ICT systems
Follow up sent to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council by Neil Wilby on .
Long overdue.
Dear Information Management Team,
As per our private exchange of correspondence earlier today, this request will be finalised outwith the WDTK platfo...
Standards complaints
Follow up sent to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council by Neil Wilby on .
Long overdue.
Dear Information Management Team,
As per our private exchange of correspondence earlier today, this request will be finalised outwith the WDTK platfo...
FOIA disclosure log
Follow up sent to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council by Neil Wilby on .
Long overdue.
Dear Information Management Team,
As per our private exchange of correspondence earlier today, this request will be finalised outwith the WDTK platfo...
Publication Scheme
Response by Information Commissioner's Office to Neil Wilby on .
Awaiting classification.
21 December 2022
Case Reference: IC-207064-C1H5
Dear Neil Wilby,
Further to your email of 20 December where you withdrew your information
requ...
Inquest touching the death of Andrew Hall
Response by Bradford City Council to Neil Wilby on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Wilby
I understand the Whatdotheyknow site is having technical difficulties so I
have been asked to send it again.
Once again my...
Operations Exmoor, Green Jacket, Hexagon
Response by Greater Manchester Police to Neil Wilby on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Wilby,
As Data Protection Officer at Greater Manchester Police, I have taken
personal ownership of your recent Freedom of Information re...
Freedom of Information requests non-compliance
Response by Information Commissioner's Office to Neil Wilby on .
Successful.
15 March 2022
Case Reference: IC-146490-B0J5
Dear N Wilby,
Information request response
Further to your information request of 29 October 2...
Review of investigation into murder of Lesley Molseed
Response by West Yorkshire Police to Neil Wilby on .
Partially successful.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Please see the attached document in relation to your internal review
request.
Please accept our apologies in the delay....
First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) EA/2021/0106
Response by Information Commissioner's Office to Neil Wilby on .
Refused.
27 January 2022
Case Reference: IC-134979-D0T0
Dear N Wilby
Review of response to information request
I write further to your email of 3 Dece...
Good Morning,
Please see attached file as a response to your Internal Review request.
Please note that with this email we are closing your IR.
Kind R...
First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) EA/2021/0106
Response by Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council to Neil Wilby on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Wilby,
Please find attached a response to your request for an internal review in
this matter.
Regards,
Legal Services
Oldh...
Election petition M373/21 Montaz Ali Azad Oldham Council elections May, 2021
Follow up sent to Electoral Commission by Neil Wilby on .
Refused.
Dear FOI,
Utterly ludicrous, contrived IRR response.
A section 50 complaint has been made to the Information Commissioner's Office.
Yours sincer...
ICO Corporate credit card payments
Response by Information Commissioner's Office to Neil Wilby on .
Successful.
17 December 2021
Our reference: IC-133424-Q1T2
Dear N Wilby,
Please find attached our response to your request for information.
Yours sincerely,...
Greater Manchester Police - Special Measures
Response by Home Office to Neil Wilby on .
Partially successful.
Thank you for contacting the Home Office Freedom of Information Requests
Mailbox.
This is to acknowledge receipt of your email.
Good Afternoon,
Please see the attached document in relation to your request an Internal
Review of FOI 910888/21
Kind Regards,
...
Policing bodies subject to Code of Ethics
Response by College of Policing Limited to Neil Wilby on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Wilby,
Thank you for your patience with this matter. Please find attached response to your internal review requests IR-2021-010 and IR-2021-01...
Thank you for your disclosure enquiry, please treat this as an acknowledgement of receipt.
Please note, we are currently experiencing some significant...
Unauthorised payment to Hotel Chocolat
Response by Information Commissioner's Office to Neil Wilby on .
Successful.
15 November 2021
Our reference: IC-133242-N4L4
Dear N Wilby
Please find attached our response to your request for information.
Please accept ou...
This person's 65 annotations
Appointment of SOPHIE HALLWORTH, partner of Cllr SEAN FIELDING (Leader of Oldham Council) into GMCA
Successful.
The applications assertion that he was not required to provide his full name is misconceived. The ICO Guidance makes it clear that a full name must be...
Leeds High Court Dr Abdul Rashid v West Yorkshire Police
Partially successful.
The refusal to disclose the High Court judgment is misconceived.
It was published on BAILII at the same time as it was released to the parties in the...
Julia Mulligan’s behavioural support costs
Awaiting internal review.
Another epic FOIA fail by the persistent and mendacious law-breakers at NYPFCC.
Thankfully, the public of North Yorkshire has only 66 more days befo...
Operation Policing System’ (iOPS)
Awaiting internal review.
Another Greater Manchester Police FOIA request that has lain fallow for months.
Law enforcement agency that routinely breaks the law is not a good l...
Investigation carried out on behalf of Metropolitan Police Authority
Partially successful.
The Information Commissioner has issued an adverse Decision Notice against Humberside Police concerning the first of the two requests made on this WDTK...
Police Federation 'cyber attacks'
Successful.
For the benefit of What Do They Know readers and users, a Section 77 complaint has now been made to the ICO.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/200...
CID Officers and Investigators
Partially successful.
It has been revealed in civil court proceedings at Bradford County Court (Rashid -v- West Yorkshire Police) that ex-Detective Constable Mark Lunn was t...
Transforming PSD and Peer Review at Greater Manchester Police
Partially successful.
If the Information Commissioner proceeds with a Section 77 prosecution, then it would also be open to me to pursue a private prosecution against the Ge...
Transforming PSD and Peer Review at Greater Manchester Police
Partially successful.
For the benefit of fellow What Do They Know readers and users, the Information Commission wrote to me on 5th March, 2019 requesting details of the evid...
Operation Hyson
Refused.
Long-running, and grotesque, cover-up over Operation Hyson continues. One of the police officer claimants is the new chief constable. Resort to section...
Steve Bradbury
Refused.
The video clips, available at this link (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZhR7WrOXoaQohsOAP_b-lg) have received over 1.5 million views. The site has o...
Steve Bradbury
Refused.
For the benefit of What Do They Know users and readers, this is a timeline setting out the five explanations provided by the IPCC (now IOPC) for delayi...
Transforming PSD project
Successful.
GMP drinking in last chance saloon. Skirting dangerously close to Section 77 referral to Information Commissioner's Office.
Image Based Sexual Abuse Consultation/Survey
Request to North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner by Nigel Ward. Annotated by Neil Wilby on .
Partially successful.
Mr Ward's request has been referenced in this article published earlier today:
https://neilwilby.com/2019/02/09/drowning-in-deceit/
PCC Julia Mulligan - bullying report
Request to North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner by Edward Williams. Annotated by Neil Wilby on .
Long overdue.
Public authorities do not see annotations left on request threads. Unless they actively look for them.
For the PCC's office to consider the points I...
PCC Julia Mulligan - bullying report
Request to North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner by Edward Williams. Annotated by Neil Wilby on .
Long overdue.
Not for the first time, in my own experience, the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire has deliberately 'run down the clock' and th...
Civil claims made by, and against, NYPCC and Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police
Request to North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner by Neil Wilby. Annotated by Neil Wilby on .
Successful.
If available, I would make every attempt to attend the trial. Early notification of the claim reference and listed date would assist. Thanks
Methodology of North Yorkshire Police (and NYPCC) when dealing with information requests under the Act is to, first, make the decision NOT to disclose...
A complaint to a police force should present a golden opportunity to impress, increase public confidence. Whatever the merits, or ultimate outcome.
T...
Steve Bradbury
Refused.
As Mr Bradbury's on-record complaints advocate I have written to IOPC, on his behalf, to inform them that he has no objection to publication of his per...
Survey for take over of Fire Service
Request to North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner by Gwen Swinburn. Annotated by Neil Wilby on .
Partially successful.
This is another outrageous abuse of the Freedom of Information Act by Julia Mulligan, the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire.
Mrs Mul...
Bill for cost of case
Information not held.
It may assist What Do They Know users and readers to have the following insight into North Yorkshire Police's (NYP) claim that they are experiencing 'a...
Powers to exclude or limit the function of an Elected Member
Awaiting classification.
This is an information request in which disclosure will have much wider consequences than a single incident involving one council. To be clear, I am no...
The Fire Brigade Takeover
Request to North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner by Horace Warburton. Annotated by Neil Wilby on .
Refused.
This is yet another shocking finalisation by NYP/NYPCC Civil Disclosure Unit: A Section 12 refusal notice issued on 20th working day (including a Scott...
costs in defending appeal EA/2017/0076
Request to North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner by Gwen Swinburn. Annotated by Neil Wilby on .
Partially successful.
It is noted that, yet again, the PCC for North Yorkshire (NYPCC) has breached her statutory obligations under section 39A of the Police Act, 1996 (Col...