ScarletPimpernel
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This person's 140 Freedom of Information requests
papers for Hoylake Golf Resort call in (Business Overview and Scrutiny Committee) meeting held on the 7th December 2016
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Brace,
I refer to your emails of 14 and 15 September. Your original request for
information was for pages 15-136 of the Private Document...
R&A Agreement
Request sent to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by ScarletPimpernel on .
Awaiting response.
This is a request made for the R&A Agreement dated 25th January 2001 between Wirral Borough Council, The Royal Liverpool Golf Club and the Royal and...
Minutes of various panels, statutory committees, advisory committees and working parties
Internal review request sent to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by ScarletPimpernel on .
Awaiting internal review.
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Wirral Metropolitan B...
information about investigation into allegation of fraud involving Wirral Council
Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Refused.
In the internal review, the link is incorrect and should read http://johnbrace.com/2013/11/16/exclusive-wirral-council-reveals-how-fraudsters-conned-th...
contract for the provision of advertising services (Newsquest North West, TMP Worldwide & Trinity Mirror Printing Oldham)
Response by Halton Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Brace,
Following further clarification of your Freedom of Information Request
(Ref. 5532) I enclose a copy of the Tender document for t...
correspondence between DCLG and Wirral Council about Wirral Council newspaper "Wirral View"
Response by Department for Communities and Local Government to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Our reference: 2940238 Information request
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Bellwin scheme threshold for Wirral Council (Wirral Metropolitan Borough of Wirral)
Response by Department for Communities and Local Government to ScarletPimpernel on .
Successful.
Our reference: 3420068 Information request
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Investigator's report to Standards Panel (15th June 2017) following complaints about Cllr Louise Reecejones
Partially successful.
I have removed some annotations on this request as they are not in compliance with our policy on such:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/requesting...
12 appendices to standards report (Standards Panel 15th June 2017)
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Refused.
Following this request, Wirral Council published the appendices (in redacted form) here http://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/documents/s50043190/appendices%2...
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Recruitment report
Response by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to ScarletPimpernel on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Brace
Thank you for your recent request made under the Freedom of Information
Act.
As you will be aware, at the time of the 26^th...
consultee response from Trees (Internal) (Wirral Council) about planning application APP/17/00306
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Brace
Thank you for your request for information about planning application
APP/17/00306 under the Environmental Information Regulations...
correspondence between ICO and Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in relation to decision notice FS50649341
Response by Information Commissioner’s Office to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
8 June 2017
Case Reference Number IRQ0681038
Dear Mr Brace
Request for information
Further to our acknowledgement, we are now in a p...
correspondence between ICO and Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in relation to decision notice FS50649341
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Brace,
I refer to your email of 10 May, in which you made the following request
for information :-
Dear Wirral Metropolitan Boroug...
Minutes of disability subgroup (2008/9, 2009/10, 2010/11)
Response by University of Liverpool to ScarletPimpernel on .
Successful.
[1]Mrs Lesley Jackson Freedom of Information Co-ordinator The Foundation
Building 765 Brownlow Hill Liverpool L69 7ZX F 0151 794 3272 E
[University o...
Reports on Upton & West Kirby fire stations
Request to Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Successful.
This is a link to the information that this EIR request was for disclosed by ICO on 14.10.16 .
http://johnbrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/EA-201...
leases with Network Rail Infrastructure Limited for Bidston, Birkenhead Park and Upton train stations
Response by Network Rail Limited to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Reference Number: FOI2017/00437
Dear Mr Brace
Please find attached a letter from Network Rail in response to your recent
request for information....
Webcasting/audio/electronic voting replacement
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr. Brace,
Thank you for your request for an Internal Review. Please take the contents of this email as a response to your request for an Interna...
contract with Modern Mindset Ltd for committee document management system
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Refused.
Dear Mr Brace,
I refer to your email of 2 February, requesting the following
information:-
Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,
...
consultation responses on Special Cumulative Impact Policy for part of Birkenhead
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Brace,
I refer to your email of 4 March, which contained the following request
for information:-
Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough...
details of settlement agreement and legal costs to do with payment of £6,294.62 (payment dated 14th July 2015)
Response by Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Brace,
Re: Freedom of Information Request – Our ref: FOI2017-22
I refer to your recent request:-
Please could you provide me...
Amount of planning application fee received for determination of planning application (APP/16/00985) and amount of fee received for screening opinion (SCR/16/00985)
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Brace
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Wirral Council's response is provided at th...
Invoices and fee notes for legal work paid by Wirral Council (May to September 2016)
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Brace,
I refer to your email dated 1 November 2016, which contained the following
request for information,
Dear Wirral Metropolita...
details of car lease made to employees at Head of Service level and above
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Brace
Please see the attached spreadsheet in response to your request for information. There is no cost to the Authority as payments are made...
Please see attached a copy of the Home Office circular 80/1989.
Regards,
P. Zebedee
Knowledge and Information Management Unit
Performance and Risk D...
Hoylake Golf Resort report
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Refused.
Dear Mr Brace
Thank you for your email of 18 October 2016 requesting an internal review
of the Council’s response to your request for informatio...
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papers for Hoylake Golf Resort call in (Business Overview and Scrutiny Committee) meeting held on the 7th December 2016
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
There is a blog post about this EIR request here http://johnbrace.com/2017/09/09/what-are-the-21-paragraphs-of-reasons-why-wirral-council-opposes-relea...
information about investigation into allegation of fraud involving Wirral Council
Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Refused.
In the internal review, the link is incorrect and should read http://johnbrace.com/2013/11/16/exclusive-wirral-council-reveals-how-fraudsters-conned-th...
papers for Hoylake Golf Resort call in (Business Overview and Scrutiny Committee) meeting held on the 7th December 2016
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
ICO issued decision notice FER0672223 (dated 7th August 2017).
Decision notice upholds refusal of pages 15-42 (regulation (12(5)(b).
Decision noti...
12 appendices to standards report (Standards Panel 15th June 2017)
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Refused.
Following this request, Wirral Council published the appendices (in redacted form) here http://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/documents/s50043190/appendices%2...
Nick Warren Investigation Report
Partially successful.
Here is Wirral Council's response to a request for correspondence leading up to decision notice FS50649341 https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/corre...
papers for Hoylake Golf Resort call in (Business Overview and Scrutiny Committee) meeting held on the 7th December 2016
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Case reference number is FER0672223 .
Redaction of Hoylake Golf Resort Council Committee documents
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by Ephraim Schoenberg. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Awaiting classification.
You may also be interested in this request, https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/papers_for_hoylake_golf_resort_c#outgoing-605307 (currently awaiting...
Redaction of Hoylake Golf Resort Council Committee documents
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by Ephraim Schoenberg. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Awaiting classification.
The reason (although this is not meant as legal advice) is that Wirral Council has to comply with legal requirements in the Local Government Act 1972....
Reports on Upton & West Kirby fire stations
Request to Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Successful.
This is a link to the information that this EIR request was for disclosed by ICO on 14.10.16 .
http://johnbrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/EA-201...
Reports on Upton & West Kirby fire stations
Request to Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Successful.
The hearing happened on the 21st September 2016.
Most matters were decided by a consent order dated 22nd September 2016, see here http://information...
leases with Network Rail Infrastructure Limited for Bidston, Birkenhead Park and Upton train stations
Partially successful.
I am aware of the Access for All fund.
The "reasonable adjustments" you refer to were discussed in this legal case which a passenger brough against...
leases with Network Rail Infrastructure Limited for Bidston, Birkenhead Park and Upton train stations
Partially successful.
Hi Chris Hogan,
I've been making enquiries as to who has responsibility for accessibility improvements to the train stations and that is why I reque...
correspondence between DCLG and Wirral Council about Wirral Council newspaper "Wirral View"
Request to Department for Communities and Local Government by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
The next edition of Wirral View has been cancelled http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/15192618.Wirral_Council_newspaper_is_silenced_by_Government__but_o...
correspondence between DCLG and Wirral Council about Wirral Council newspaper "Wirral View"
Request to Department for Communities and Local Government by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
ICO have written to DCLG on the 20th March 2017 requesting that DCLG respond to myself and ICO within the next 10 working days.
contract with Modern Mindset Ltd for committee document management system
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Refused.
As I predicted the deadline of 10th March came and went with no further information provided!
papers for Hoylake Golf Resort call in (Business Overview and Scrutiny Committee) meeting held on the 7th December 2016
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Appealed to ICO for a decision notice on 13.3.2017.
correspondence between DCLG and Wirral Council about Wirral Council newspaper "Wirral View"
Request to Department for Communities and Local Government by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Appealed this to ICO for a decision notice on the 28th February 2017.
Council number
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by John H Hutchinson. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Successful.
I might point out that the figure Wirral Council declares in Wirral Council's statement of accounts for 2015/16, see page 112 here is £768,000 (to the...
Council's Constitution
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by John H Hutchinson. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Successful.
Wirral Council is like Schrodinger's Cat.
The cat was alive (non-key decision) but now you've made a FOI request and the box has been opened it's de...
Council's Constitution
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by John H Hutchinson. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Successful.
The draft minutes for the Hoylake Golf Resort item (Cabinet meeting of 7th November 2016) are on Wirral Council's website here http://democracy.wirral....
The BIG Fund
Awaiting internal review.
Hi Nigel,
It is possible there are typographical errors in the list, that Wirral Council assumed any organisation was a limited company (therefore a...
Details of the 69 consultees for Planning Application APP/16/00823 (28 July 2016) requested.
Partially successful.
Here's a partial list of consultees (although not addresses sadly. All except the last will be parts of Wirral Council as far as I can tell):
Enginee...
Elected Members - Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
Information not held.
There are 66 elected councillors at Wirral Council.
Cllr Jerry Williams is married to Cllr Irene Williams.
Cllr Andrew Hodson is married to Cllr Kat...
Current MerseyRail Franchise Agreement
Successful.
I recently pubilshed some of the contracts Merseytravel have with Merseyrail here http://johnbrace.com/2016/08/12/what-is-in-13-merseytravelliverpool-c...
Background on decision to publish a monthly Town Hall 'Pravda'
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by Wallasey Conservatives. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Successful.
The refusal on section 42 grounds (legal professional privilege) is subject to a public interest test. However Wirral Council seem to have (whether del...