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 Freedom of Information requests (approximately 499)
The Bernard Kellett (External Investigator's) report into a grievance, circa March 2009
Response by Cheshire West and Chester Council to Paul Cardin on .
Information not held
Dear Paul Cardin,
Your request for information of 30 December 2024 which has been logged as
RFI 9078
Your request meets the definition and has...
The Frank Noton (External Investigator's) report into a Dignity at Work complaint, circa 2008
Response by Cheshire West and Chester Council to Paul Cardin on .
Information not held
Dear Paul Cardin,
Your request for information of 30 December 2024 which has been logged as
RFI 9077
Your request meets the definition and has...
Deployment of 4G/5G infrastructure in Roby - Planning Application 24/00249/TEL - Associated training and CPD
Response by Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Cardin on .
Awaiting response
Dear Paul Cardin,
Thank you for your email received on 4 January 2025 requesting information about Deployment of 4G/5G infrastructure in Roby - Planni...
Copy of long concealed Nicholas Warren Report
Follow up sent to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by Paul Cardin on .
Delayed
Dear Lynette Paterson,
Hi,
Just a quick note to let you know you missed yesterday's self-imposed deadline,
Yours sincerely,
Paul Cardin
Please provide Wirral Council's admission to the abuse of disabled people
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Cardin on .
Successful
Information request
Our reference: 550413
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Dear Paul Cardin
Outcome...
Dear Paul Cardin,
We refer to your email of 12 November 2024 in which you requested
information under the FOI Act from NHS England.
Your req...
Bogus 5G Mast Safety Certifications
Response by Newcastle upon Tyne City Council to Paul Cardin on .
Refused
Dear Mr Cardin,
Thank you for your request for an internal review of question 5 in your
original request.
Your Request
5. Given that the World H...
Bogus 5G Mast Safety Certifications
Follow up sent to Sheffield City Council by Paul Cardin on .
Awaiting internal review
Dear FOI,
You did not respond by 17/9/2024 as promised.
Please advise. Four months on, I am well within my rights to appeal to the Information Comm...
Cancer count over the last ten years
Response by Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance to Paul Cardin on .
Partially successful
Dear Paul Cardin
We responded to your initial response for cancer cases year on year over
the last ten years, broken down by the counts and cancer t...
Please send all information pertaining to fraudulent ICNIRP safety certificates
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Cardin on .
Partially successful
Dear Mr Cardin
We understand that the issues raised in this enquiry have been addressed
under separate cover and linked to [1][email address] (our r...
Bogus 5G Mast Safety Certifications
Response by East Riding of Yorkshire Council to Paul Cardin on .
Partially successful
Dear Mr Cardin
Further to your request for review, please see the attached response.
Kind regards
Gwen Anson
Information Governance and Feedbac...
Cancer cases over the last ten years
Response by Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust to Paul Cardin on .
Information not held
Good afternoon,
Please accept the attached as response to your request.
Kind regards,
Alfie Johnston
Governance/Regulatory Compliance Officer
Wirral...
Bogus 5G mast Safety Certifications
Follow up sent to Sefton Borough Council by Paul Cardin on .
Partially successful
Dear Sefton Council,
This is a very concerning situation which we feel requires further investigation.
We and our community, as part of the Wirral R...
Bogus 5G Mast Safety Certifications
Response by Bradford City Council to Paul Cardin on .
Partially successful
Dear Mr Cardin
Please find attached the response to your request for a FOI review.
Regards
Richard Hollinson
Assistant Director – Planning, Tra...
Annual figures for non-disclosure agreements (formerly settlement agreements, formerly compromise agreements)
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Cardin on .
Partially successful
Dear Mr Cardin
Thank you for your enquiry. Please see our response below.
As far as records go back, the annual figures for the total number of
cu...
Bogus 5G Mast Safety Certifications
Response by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council to Paul Cardin on .
Partially successful
Dear Paul Cardin
I am writing further to your recent FOI request, 11077, and your complaint
to the ICO regarding our response to Question 5.
While...
Bogus 5G Mast Safety Certifications
Response by Wakefield City Council to Paul Cardin on .
Partially successful
Dear Mr Cardin,
Please find attached Wakefield Council’s response to your Internal Review.
Yours sincerely
Senior Information Governance Officer...
Bogus 5G Mast Safety Certifications
Response by Kingston upon Thames Borough Council to Paul Cardin on .
Refused
Dear Paul Cardin,
Please find attached the completed FOI Internal Review of FOIK4605, our
reference.
Kind regards,
Information Governance Team
ser...
This situation is untenable. Wirral Residents Association will be following this up and pressing to have its views heard by Wirral Council's Environmen...
Bogus 5G mast Safety Certifications
Response by Colchester Borough Council to Paul Cardin on .
Partially successful
Dear Mr Cardin,
Thank you for your internal review request dated 9 July in relation to the
Council’s response to your original freedom of informatio...
Bogus 5G Mast Safety Certifications
Response by Leeds City Council to Paul Cardin on .
Partially successful
Dear Paul Cardin,
Thank you for your email and I am sorry you are not satisfied with the response to your request.
Could you please provide further i...
Bogus 5G mast Safety Certifications
Response by Cheshire East Council to Paul Cardin on .
Information not held
Dear Paul Cardin,
Please find attached my response to your internal review request.
Yours sincerely
Beverley Murphy
Information Rights Team Lea...
Bogus 5G Mast Certifications
Response by Cheshire West and Chester Council to Paul Cardin on .
Information not held
Dear Mr Cardin,
The disclosures team have double checked with all services that may hold information, they confirm we do not hold any information to a...
Wirral Council investigation into irregularities surrounding 5G mast planning applications
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to Paul Cardin on .
Long overdue
Dear Mr Cardin
Please see below Wirral Council’s response to your recent Freedom of
Information enquiry.
1. All information in posse...
Bogus 5G Mast Safety Certifications
Response by Herefordshire Council to Paul Cardin on .
Partially successful
Dear Mr Paul Cardin,
Ref: ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS REQUEST EIR2024/01217
Further to our previous correspondence, your request has now...
This person's 1010 annotations
Staff suspensions
Refused
Oh, Timmy. The good lady internal reviewer overturned the original decision, revealing there were indeed two suspensions, yet somebody claimed "the req...
Annual figures for non-disclosure agreements (formerly settlement agreements, formerly compromise agreements)
Partially successful
See the above initial response by Wirral Council. They appear to be making excuses for forthcoming breaches of the statutory guidelines.
Read the fol...
Please send all information pertaining to fraudulent ICNIRP safety certificates
Partially successful
Wirral Council appear to be in breach of Sections 1(1) and 10 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The following article from Local Government...
Annual figures for non-disclosure agreements (formerly settlement agreements, formerly compromise agreements)
Partially successful
Here’s a piece of legal opinion from Senior Counsel Hugh Tomlinson KC, which appears to make more likely the prospect of public sector employers opting...
This situation is untenable. Wirral Residents Association will be following this up and pressing to have its views heard by Wirral Council's Environmen...
4G and 5G plans
Partially successful
The correct term is Stratospheric Aerosol Injections. Looking for 'chemtrails' plunges one into a veritable abyss of conspiracy nonsense. Do pay attent...
Nick Warren Investigation Report
Partially successful
Councillor George Davies, of #WirralGate notoriety was elevated to mayor of Wirral t'other day at an empty Floral Pavilion. John Brace would have atten...
letter from Wirral Council's auditors Grant Thornton UK LLP regarding LOBO loans objection
Partially successful
In the interests of openness, transparency and with a burning and justified desire in holding corporately abusive Wirral Council's feet to the fire at...
Maura Noone, Reading's departed Interim Head of Adult Social Care. Please provide some essential information.
Partially successful
Hi Martyn,
I've only just spotted your annotation ... very late in the day.
I'm aware through another source that it appears an application may hav...
Having checked all the links I posted to Don Latham's local authority consultancy work quoted above, they've all been removed in the six years since th...
3G, 4G and 5G plans
Refused
For those interested, link to a letter from Doctors and Scientists highlighting the dangers of 5G:
http://www.5gappeal.eu/scientists-and-doctors-warn...
In my opinion, you wouldn't leave a "fault" to stand, untouched, allowing the burning of several floodlights for 24 hours a day and permit this wastage...
On updating the status of the request there wasn't an option to to say "they lied", so I ticked "I'm still waiting for the information".
We will be r...
DASS - Recent Departure of Two Senior Officers
Partially successful
June 2018.
As predicted, both of these proven abusers have secured senior roles in "caring" positions.
Mike Fowler at the charity Brook Young Peopl...
Suspensions
Refused
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...
Caselaw...
http://www.irwinmitchell.com/newsandmedia/2015/march/successful-challenge-of-sandwell-councils-benefits-policy-could-have-consequences-ac...
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
Long overdue
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...
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...
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...
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...