ScarletPimpernel
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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 155)
written report (item 14 - Resourcing) to the public meeting of Transport for the North (5th April 2018)
Response by Transport for the North to ScarletPimpernel on .
Refused.
Dear Mr Brace
I refer to your e-mail dated 03/05/18 requesting an internal review of the response to your earlier request for disclosure of the writte...
Wirral Council Cabinet papers on "Acquisition, Leaseback and Loan to Company Named in the Report" (26th March 2018)
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Awaiting classification.
Dear Mr Brace,
I refer to your email of 20 March, in which you made the following request
for information :-
Dear Wirral Metropolitan Boro...
Confidential Report (item 6) Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority meeting
Response by Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service to ScarletPimpernel on .
Refused.
Dear Mr Brace,
In response to your request for an internal review of your FOI request, please see the attached correspondence sent out on behalf of De...
Strategic Acquisition Programme - Birkenhead Market (Cabinet papers 18/12/2017)
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Refused.
Dear Mr Brace,
I refer to your email of 7 March, in which you made the following request
for information :-
Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borou...
invoice (Public I-Group Ltd) February 2018
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Brace
We write further to your Freedom of Information request of 16 April 2018 in which you sought a copy of the invoice relating to the follo...
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.
This EIR request details some of the legal expenditure by Wirral Council in case EA/2017/0191 https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/legal_costs_in_cas...
legal costs in case EA/2017/0191
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Brace,
I refer to your email of 23 February in which you made the following
request for information:-
Dear Wirral Metropolitan Bor...
Travel Plan (APP/14/00629)
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Brace
We write further to your recent request for information under the
Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (“EIRs”)
Pl...
agenda and reports to the Liverpool City Region Strategic Leadership (Directors of Adult Services) Board meeting of 13th November 2017
Response by Sefton Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Brace,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request that we received on the
28^th November 2017.
Please accept our apologies...
Major Scheme Business Cases for "Saughall Massie Link Road - New walking cycling Infrastructure (Golf Resort)" and "Saughall Massie Road - Infrastructure Upgrade"
Request to Liverpool City Region Combined Authority by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Information not held.
The information requested was supplied in response to someone else's request to Wirral Council here https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/feasibility_...
Funding Strategy for Hoylake Golf Resort
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Refused.
Dear Mr. Brace,
Thank you for your recent email, please take the contents of this email as Council's response to your request for an internal review....
advertising revenue received for Wirral View newspaper and Wirral View website
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Brace
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request in which you asked:
Could you please tell me the total amount in pounds tha...
invoices (April to July 2017)
Response by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Brace
Thank you for your recent request made under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 (FOIA), in which you asked for the following:
...
agenda and reports to the Liverpool City Region Strategic Leadership (Directors of Adult Services) Board meeting of 13th November 2017
Response by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to ScarletPimpernel on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Brace
RSN16553
Thank you for your recent request made under the Freedom of Information Act.
Unfortunately, the Combined Authority does not h...
R&A Agreement
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Brace,
I refer to your email dated 15 September, when you made the following
request for information:-
Dear Wirral Met...
Saughall Massie batch plans detailing green space land
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Brace
Thank you for your recent request for information under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.
The Council does not rec...
Minutes of various panels, statutory committees, advisory committees and working parties
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Here's a direct link to the minutes of the SACRE meeting hel on the 1st February 2017 http://wirralsacre.co.uk/documents/SACRE%20Minutes/Minutes%20Wirr...
Golf Resort Project Board minutes
Response by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to ScarletPimpernel on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Brace,
I refer to your email of 26 September, when you made the following request
for information :-
Dear Wirral Metropolitan Boro...
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 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
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Bellwin scheme threshold for Wirral Council (Wirral Metropolitan Borough of Wirral)
Response by Ministry of Housing, 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...
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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.
This EIR request details some of the legal expenditure by Wirral Council in case EA/2017/0191 https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/legal_costs_in_cas...
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.
I've since published the information supplied by post in response to this information request in 2016 here https://johnbrace.com/2018/02/15/whats-in-wi...
Just in case anybody is confused, ECP stands for Eastham Country Park.
Hoylake Golf Resort - Financial risk
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by John H Hutchinson. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Successful.
Hi John,
Which is not entirely true, as Wirral Council councillors were given advice over the Hoylake Golf Resort contract https://ico.org.uk/media/...
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.
You can now read the consent order that ended this case (EA/2017/0191) following the appeal by Wirral Council of decision notice FER0672223 ( https://j...
Wirral fostering panel outcomes
Awaiting classification.
A long time ago I requested the minutes of a meeting of a fostering panel.
It was part 8 of this request here https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request...
Request for information regarding shortage of band H houses in Wirral.
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by Timothy Watson. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
I think Wirral Council have interpreted your request as how many band H residential properties in Wirral does Wirral Council predict that there will be...
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.
I've written a blog post about some of the extra information released as part of this request a week ago.
https://johnbrace.com/2018/02/15/whats-in-...
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.
31st August 2018 - Appealed to First-tier Tribunal by Wirral Council (case EA/2017/0191).
12th February 2018 - Hearing for case EA/2017/0191 on 13th...
EHCP tribunal statistics
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by Catherine Griffiths. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Awaiting classification.
I find this an odd answer, because every other public body I know of has some kind of computer software to record the time (or other expenses) of their...
Wirral View Newspaper
Partially successful.
The table at 4.4 in this Cabinet report has the projected costs: https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/documents/s50035654/Cabinet%20Report%20-%20Keeping%20R...
Major Scheme Business Cases for "Saughall Massie Link Road - New walking cycling Infrastructure (Golf Resort)" and "Saughall Massie Road - Infrastructure Upgrade"
Request to Liverpool City Region Combined Authority by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Information not held.
The information requested was supplied in response to someone else's request to Wirral Council here https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/feasibility_...
Feasibility Study and Major Scheme Business Case for Saughall Massie Link Road / Hoylake By-pass
Successful.
I have made a request for both Major Scheme Business Cases to the LCRCA which can be viewed here https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/major_scheme_bu...
Minutes of various panels, statutory committees, advisory committees and working parties
Request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council by ScarletPimpernel. Annotated by ScarletPimpernel on .
Partially successful.
Here's a direct link to the minutes of the SACRE meeting hel on the 1st February 2017 http://wirralsacre.co.uk/documents/SACRE%20Minutes/Minutes%20Wirr...
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...