Category Archives: FoI Requests

Public FoI requests made via www.whatdotheyknow.com

#FoI Request ~ Locations and amounts of parking fines

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/wirral_cctv_spy_car_locations_at/new Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, Please read the following recent article from local newspaper the Liverpool Echo: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/live… The subject matter covered is the growing amount of revenue collected by these four wheeled spies in the community. I have … Continue reading →

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UPDATE – Wirral Council shutters, slammed down and padlocked…

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

22nd January 2014 Back in early December I made an FoI request to Wirral Council… https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/street_lighting_switch_off_was_a/new …asking for details about a street lighting switch off that the council had undertaken, with the aim of saving money.  Not surprisingly, this move … Continue reading →

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Freedom of Information ~ How to overturn a “Vexatious request” rebuttal by a data controller

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

The following email, sent to the ICO, helped to win the day when Surjit Tour, the legal head of long term basket case, Wirral Council, tried to brand me as “obsessive” and “haranguing”.  His department had also labelled three of … Continue reading →

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Disability Discrimination and Confidentiality – The ICO challenges Wirral Council’s appeal

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

16th January 2014 Here’s an FoI request I placed back on 4th February 2012: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/request_for_copies_of_correspond_2#incoming-360403 It’s getting on for ‘ancient history’ now, but this is Wirral Council remember – Two ICO monitoring periods; CEO having to sign an undertaking; Evasive, … Continue reading →

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#FoI request ~ Departure of Bill Norman ~ “Vexatious” verdict overturned. What now?

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

26th June 2014 – UPDATE – Wirral Council have capitulated, and have now withdrawn ALL their ‘vexatious’ refusals targetted against me.  Not content with this however, monitoring officer Surjit Tour, head of the legal “team” has made a veiled threat on … Continue reading →

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#FoI request ~ Wirral Council’s monitoring by the Information Commissioner. Can I have the info?

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

Way back in January 2013, Wirral Council were monitored by the Information Commissioner’s Office for the SECOND time.  This lasted for 3 months, between January and March.  I don’t think any other local authority in the land has been through … Continue reading →

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Wirral Council switches off hundreds of Street Lights, but WITHOUT considering ALL the information

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

22nd January 2014 – the council’s up to date FoI response is here. – my appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office is here 3rd December 2013 – answers are in for the FoI request on Wirral Council’s street lighting switch … Continue reading →

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Message to the electorate of Wirral – LOTS of your councillors have gone missing

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

5th December 2013 Don’t panic. When I say ‘missing’, I don’t mean literally gone.  The councillors I mean have chosen to  cover their tracks.  Or, to put this in more delicate, PR friendly terms, they’ve exercised an option to protect … Continue reading →

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#FoI Request ~ Wirral Council’s Street Lighting switch off

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

3rd December 2013 Despite the controversy, there doesn’t appear to be much public information on the Wirral.gov.uk website on the subject of “switching off street lights”.  After spending half an hour searching what is always a difficult place to query and navigate, I came … Continue reading →

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Wirral Council are wrong about the true number of compromise agreements

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

September 2018 Update  Wirral Council are now agreeing that they issued 845 compromise agreements after denying it repeatedly  The headline above sounds a little peremptory doesn’t it?  A bit harsh maybe?  Accusing an organisation of getting it wrong?  What evidence can I possibly have? … Continue reading →

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