Category Archives: FoI Requests

Public FoI requests made via www.whatdotheyknow.com

Wirral Council’s 4 Week Delay helpline investigation – was it ‘INDEPENDENT’?

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

UPDATE   8th March 2013 http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/10277667.SPECIAL_REPORT__Four_week_care_delay_inquiry_branded_a__whitewash_/ The above link is to an article from today’s Wirral Globe, revealing the late publication of the choreographed Four Week Delay whitewash.  This non-independent and thoroughly insulting report is held at the following location on … Continue reading →

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#FoI Request ~ Secret agreement allowing suspended Ian Coleman to leave Wirral Council

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

5th October 2012 The FoI request:  http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/secret_agreement_allowing_suspen More on Coleman here, from the Local Government Chronicle, including some far-fetched guff about how it would cost the public over a million “if we don’t act decisively in their interest.” It’s not … Continue reading →

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#FoI Request ~ to Wirral Council. Departure of CEO Jim Wilkie

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

7th June 2012 This was the date of departure of Chief Executive Jim Wilkie from Wirral Council. It occurred a few hours before the release on the 8th June of the long awaited damning District Auditor’s report into the multi-million … Continue reading →

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#FoI request ~ Discovery of Wirral Council’s failure to record compromise agreements

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

“Let’s hide away everyone.  Because then…. ….it’s not really happening” → Total numbers for Compromise Agreements (full & final settlements for departing employees) I lodged a previous request on this subject back in January 2011.  This was one of 345 separate requests made to … Continue reading →

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UPDATED ~ Compromise Agreements ~ Wirral Council’s reckless approach ~ also, how the District Auditor is sitting on his hands

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

THIS IS AN ALLEGEDLY “VEXATIOUS” FOI REQUEST → https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/with_compromise_agreements_not_b#comment-44139 Compromise Agreements ~ 19th September 2012 Today, within a much larger list of items, a detailed Internal Auditor’s report was presented to a meeting of councillors at Wirral Council (The Audit … Continue reading →

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UPDATED – Analysis of 14 Freedom of Information requests to Wirral Council – verdict is not good…

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

I don’t profess to be an expert where Data & Information Governance are concerned.  I have a layman’s self-taught appreciation of FOIA and DPA.  Experts will find fault in the following analysis, but I hope I’ve covered the basics OK.  … Continue reading →

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Wirral Council to be monitored AGAIN for poor performance by Information Commissioner

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

‘TIMELINESS’ 21st December 2012 As Christmas approaches, it was announced today that Wirral Council are one of only 4 public bodies to face a three month period of ICO monitoring, commencing in January 2013.  They are the only English Council … Continue reading →

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UPDATE – Wirral Council releases 26 x NAMED Senior Officers’ declared Interests

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

18th October 2012 I made the following FoI request on 20th June 2011, approximately two years ago.  It went through the usual, tortuous procedure that’s become standard practice when dealing with the information governance team ensconced at Wirral Council.  They … Continue reading →

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UPDATED – Concealing malpractice / enabling abuse with a Compromise Agreement / Gagging Clause

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

FoI and Local Authority Gagging Clauses In October 2009, a council employee, in dispute and soon to lose his job, opted to sign a compromise agreement.  The document and its terms were placed before him, as a ‘full and final … Continue reading →

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Is this ‘death by bureaucracy’? Exposing Disability Discrimination at Wirral Council

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

Two years ago, back in 2010, I approached my MP, Angela Eagle, with concerns that there had been systematic disability discrimination at Wirral Council.  She contacted the Equality and Human Rights Commission in order to pass on these concerns.  In … Continue reading →

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