CORRESPONDENCE WITH COLIN 'COVER UP' OVER TONY PARRISH'S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS...

THIS IS A COPY OF AN EMAIL I SENT TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL TOGETHER WITH THE COUNCIL'S RESPONSE.

I AM GRATEFUL TO liverpool subCulture FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS CORRESPONDENCE PUBLIC. THERE IS MORE TO FOLLOW...

Date: 2007/01/14 Sun PM 03:53:33 GMT
To: colin.hilton@liverpool.gov.uk

Subject: FOI request

Dear Mr Hilton,

Please consider this a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

1) Please provide copies, with dates, of all requests for information received by the city council from Mr Tony Parrish under the Freedom of Information Act.

2) Please list, and provide copies of, all of the council's responses.

3) Please list, with dates, all complaints received by the city council from Mr Tony Parrish about the council's response.

4) Please list, with dates, the council's responses to these complaints.

Yours faithfully,

A.Kelly

COUNCIL RESPONSE.....

Enquiries to: Wendy Twigge
Your Ref:
Our Ref: LA/WT/07/0733
Date: 18 January, 2007

A Kelly
a.kelly583@ntlworld.com

Dear Sir

FOI – MR TONY PARRISH

Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

With regard to the information which you seek, we are at this time unable to comply with your request.

This information is retained by Liverpool City Council but forms part of an ongoing investigation and is, therefore, exempt by virtue of the Section 30.

To comply with the Act we have confirmed the existence of this information to you. It would have a detrimental effect on the development of any investigation.

This exemption requires that the public interest test be considered and in doing so it is felt that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in its disclosure. This has been considered and maintained as the investigation is ongoing and affects several other individuals as well as the public body itself. Disclosure of information at this time would be damaging to the investigation.

When we are unable to comply with a request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we are required to serve you with a Section 17 Notice. Please treat this email as such a notice.

The City Council will consider complaints about the way it has handled your request under its Have Your Say scheme. You can complete a form online on our website at http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Feedback/Feedback_form/index.asp or you can write to us at Liverpool Direct, FREEPOST, NWW 3400A, Liverpool, L1 3ZZ. We will then deal with your complaint within two weeks, carry out a full and fair investigation within a further month if things are not resolved, and arrange for a different senior officer to review your case within a further month if you remain unhappy.

You may also apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision about whether the request for information has been dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Information Commissioner’s website is http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/eventual.aspx and the address and telephone numbers are: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House,Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, Fax 01625 524 510, DX 20819, Telephone 01625 545 745, email: mail@ico.gsi.gov.uk (they advise that their e-mail is not secure).

Yours faithfully

Wendy Twigge
Information Manager