Paul Cardin
Joined WhatDoTheyKnow in 2008
Here's an analysis of 14 of my requests to Wirral Council, in the North West of England.
I think you'd agree, their performance is atrocious, placing them possibly amongst the worst in the country, and it makes for rather depressing reading:
http://wirralinittogether.wordpress.com/...
...particularly in light of this:
http://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/documents...
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This person's 450 Freedom of Information requests
Benefit: Discretionary Housing Payments
Awaiting classification.
Caselaw...
http://www.irwinmitchell.com/newsandmedia/2015/march/successful-challenge-of-sandwell-councils-benefits-policy-could-have-consequences-ac...
KINGSPAN COOLTHERM Insulation - have you installed it?
Response by Wirral Partnership Homes Limited to Paul Cardin on .
Refused.
For the attention of Paul Cardin,
Out of courtesy, we are replying to you again following your first request
being reviewed by an Executive Dire...
The ICO stood strong with the council.
I will now leave it to Councillor Ian Lewis, a much greater freedom fighter than I (if in receipt of his allow...
Audit Investigations and Wrongly Calculated Payments
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Cardin on .
Refused.
Dear Mr. Cardin,
Thank you for request for an Internal Review. Please see my comments alongside your original questions below. If you remain dissatisfi...
Alleged brick thrown through communal stairwell window in Sherlock House, Manor Road, Wallasey on 11th or 12th July 2016
Response by Merseyside Police to Paul Cardin on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr. Cardin,
Response - FOIA Application – DJ2016 - 1240 MERPOL (please quote in all
correspondence)
I write in connection with yo...
Alleged brick thrown through communal stairwell window in Sherlock House, Manor Road, Wallasey on 11th or 12th July 2016
Response by Merseyside Police to Paul Cardin on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr. Cardin,
I provide a revised response table to your FOI request (our ref.
DJ2016-807) having revisited the case at the request of the In...
Senior Staff & Member Visits to China
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Cardin on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Cardin
Further to your recent email, I can advise the following:
Leader's flight: £627.72
Internal flights: £1175 approx. (paid in Chinese...
Survey of Wirral households leading to decision to produce Council Newspaper
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Cardin on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Cardin,
Thank you for your request for information in which you sought, "full details of the survey of Wirral households you undertook recentl...
Failure of BBC to respond to FOI request
Response by Information Commissioner’s Office to Paul Cardin on .
Refused.
Dear Mr Cardin,
Thank you for contacting the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) through the whatdotheyknow.com (WDTK) website.
The WDTK website...
The email released in the last message is
diverted at wirral.gov.uk
--
Richard - WhatDoTheyKnow.com volunteer
Departure of Super Director Kevin Adderley
Partially successful.
This is more like it a prompt response.
The pertinent question about a clean bill of health is unanswered in any meaningful way though we may glean f...
Concerns re: former employee Emma Degg
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Cardin on .
Refused.
Dear Mr. Cardin,
I refer to your email below requesting an Internal Review, please take the
contents of this email as Council’s response to that...
In this case, I did receive all of the information by post - info which may prove invaluable as evidence in a forthcoming tribunal on 16th April 2015,...
Between 2010 and 2015, Camden Council spent £5.5 million on almost 1,000 compromise agreements (now known as "settlement" agreements.
http://democrac...
Please provide details of meeting between Frank Field MP and Graham Burgess CEO
Follow up sent to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by Paul Cardin on .
Refused.
As you will soon be welcoming the new CEO, Mr Robinson, to Wirral Council, please forward or print off this email and place it on his desk. I trust...
Cost of compromise agreements
Partially successful.
Case number FS50521828
The ICO have been dragging their heels for nearly a WHOLE YEAR on this. It was 'currently being reviewed' in November last y...
Appealed to ICO.
Updated Totals for Compromise (Settlement) Agreements
Response by Worcestershire County Council to Paul Cardin on .
Successful.
Good Afternoon
Please find attached response to your recent request under the Freedom of
Information Act.
If you have any queries or conce...
Monetary totals attached to COT3 and Compromise Agreements
Response by Herefordshire Council to Paul Cardin on .
Successful.
Dear Sir
Please find attached response to your FOI request
Regards
Claire
Claire Jacobs
Information Access Officer
Info...
Total Number of Compromise Agreements
Response by Herefordshire Council to Paul Cardin on .
Successful.
Dear Sir
Please find attached response to your FOI request
Regards
Claire
Claire Jacobs
Information Access Officer
Info...
Payments to Council officers, scrutinised or otherwise
Partially successful.
Thanks for engaging with me Tim. Very impactful. We've transitioned thru an improvement journey, and are now in a position to embrace a robust outcome....
Bulk lamp changes
Refused.
The ICO have received my appeal, and are asking me to respond within 7 days. Here's an insulting excerpt from their email:
"These steps would appear...
Street Lighting Switch Off - Was any consultation undertaken?
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Cardin on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Cardin,
Case references FS50533485 and FS50535453
I refer to your two requests for information concerning street lighting,
in resp...
With Compromise Agreements "not being recorded or reported", HOW Were Figures Provided?
Partially successful.
Paul
Well done.
I would trust Nigel "Highbrow" Hobro, Martin Morton and your good self before anyone at Wirral.
Not just the obvious scum-bags (you...
Unscrutinised Machinations, Permitting Suspended Director of Law to Depart Wirral Council
Partially successful.
The email they blocked was from Mr Griffiths who does not wish to have his personal data rights protected by Surjit Tour or anyone else ! However a jou...
This person's 996 annotations
Suspensions
Awaiting response.
Hi Matthew,
My advice to you would be to request an internal review, stating that the Act requires a data controller to respond and provide informati...
Benefit: Discretionary Housing Payments
Awaiting classification.
Caselaw...
http://www.irwinmitchell.com/newsandmedia/2015/march/successful-challenge-of-sandwell-councils-benefits-policy-could-have-consequences-ac...
Benefit: Discretionary Housing Payments
Awaiting classification.
Despite this case being 'allocated', there has been a two-month period of silence from the ICO. I sent this email this morning to Senior Case Officer...
GRENFELL TOWER - Numbers of Victims Unaccounted For
Awaiting classification.
Lance, watch them closely. They may dodge the first 4 questions as they're Yes/No answers. It's better to frame the questions along the lines e.g. "Pl...
Benefit: Discretionary Housing Payments
Awaiting classification.
Following Wirral Council's latest failure and its inability to respond, this serious case will be appealed to the ICO.
Here's the latest update to th...
Benefit: Discretionary Housing Payments
Awaiting classification.
Link to leaked internal email.
Shows Wirral Council Monitoring Officer's acceptance that the council's treatment of DHP applications had been unlawfu...
Stewart Halliday
Refused.
Hi Charles,
A Twitter friend of mine found the following:
Local Gov Transparency Code 2015.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-gove...
2015 General Election Expenses Fraud - Breakdown of staff investigation time by role and task(s)
Long overdue.
Personally I would challenge the exemption quoted (Section 40 Personal data) and take it all the way.
I doubt the ICO or any subsequent tribunal woul...
The ICO stood strong with the council.
I will now leave it to Councillor Ian Lewis, a much greater freedom fighter than I (if in receipt of his allow...
Benefit: Discretionary Housing Payments
Awaiting classification.
I blogged on this FOI request, outlining to the public some related background material ...and how public suspicion has been alerted ...to an increasin...
Alleged brick thrown through communal stairwell window in Sherlock House, Manor Road, Wallasey on 11th or 12th July 2016
Partially successful.
Advice here from the ICO regarding repeat requests.
This is not a repeat request in line with the following:
"19. An authority can only apply Secti...
re request FS50620758
Successful.
BOOM!! ...I believe is the word Nigel.
Public Health inquiries from Diane Abbott MP
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by Office of Diane Abbott MP. Annotated by Paul Cardin on .
Successful.
There are allegations that CGL (Change, Grow, Live), Wirral Council contract holders, may enjoy an undeclared competitive advantage through their use o...
Public Health inquiries from Diane Abbott MP
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by Office of Diane Abbott MP. Annotated by Paul Cardin on .
Successful.
This is a message to assist Diane Abbott MP and other interested parties.
Members of the Wirral public noted recently that the highly informative loc...
17th September 2016
Appealed to the Information Commissioner.
Alleged brick thrown through communal stairwell window in Sherlock House, Manor Road, Wallasey on 11th or 12th July 2016
Partially successful.
16th September 2016
Appealed to the Information Commissioner
https://wirralinittogether.wordpress.com/2016/09/11/brickgate-angela-eagle-merseyside-...
For anybody reading this:
Here's a link to ICO guidance on response times. Wirral Council are failing the public again. In the absence of any respons...
Broken window at Sherlock House
Partially successful.
Hi Ann,
I checked in here with the intention of making my own FOI request of Merseyside Police but spotted that you had already anticipated my questi...
Thanks for your assistance Scarlet Pimpernel.
Useful link:
http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/14648963.Wirral_Council_on_collision_course_with_Gover...
Original BIG report
Partially successful.
One can only assume that this council is populated by masochists, who get a twisted kick out of being bludgeoned into compliance.
As the subject of "emails" is central to this case, the legitimate and compelling public interest is raised again in favour of:
o prompt action
o di...
In this case, I did receive all of the information by post - info which may prove invaluable as evidence in a forthcoming tribunal on 16th April 2015,...
Between 2010 and 2015, Camden Council spent £5.5 million on almost 1,000 compromise agreements (now known as "settlement" agreements.
http://democrac...
Nigel, thanks.
Similarly the IPCC can't apparently do anything about police officers who lie, which tends to happen a lot, because the IPCC, by caref...
A response is in from the ICO. Remember, this FoI request, placed in good faith, has NEVER been responded to in nine months (by an abusive council whi...