Counting the Days



In a few days time I am due to get an answer from North Lanarkshire Council to my FoI Review Request and if I don't get a proper response then I think it's probably fair to say that the Council has something to hide.

 In which case I'll be registering an appeal with the Scottish Information Commissioner (SIC) quicker than you can say - "What's the big deal about a minute of the Council's Corporate Management Team dated 11 August 2005?"

 Now I don't know the answer to that question, but one way or the other I hope to be able to share it with readers soon.

Freedom of Information (18 August 2014)



I've had to submit an FoI 'Review Request' to North Lanarkshire Council because of the Council's failure to respond to my original request within working 20 days as required by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Now I'm quite surprised about this I have to say because up until now North Lanarkshire has behaved quite well in relation to my FoI requests, unlike some other nearby councils I could mention.

So why has NLC come over all coy about releasing a copy of a report to the Council's Corporate Management Team meeting held on 11 August 2005 which dealt with the costs and other issues regarding North Lanarkshire's Job Evaluation Scheme (JES)?

I suspect there is something quite damning contained in this report, but one way or the other  I'm confident that the information will come into the public domain where it belongs because all this secrecy and keeping things hidden form the workforce is quite shameful, if you ask me.



Gavin Whitefield
Chief Executive
North Lanarkshire Council

Dear Mr Whitefield

FoI Review Request

I refer to my letter dated 20 June 2014 and would now like to submit an FoI Review Request given North Lanarkshire Council's failure to respond to me within the time limits laid down by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Please note that if the Council fails to respond to my FoI Review Request in a satisfactory manner, I plan to register an immediate appeal with the Scottish Information Commissioner (SIC).

Kind regards



Mark Irvine
-----Original Message-----
From: Whitefield Gavin <WhitefieldG@northlan.gcsx.gov.uk>
To: 'markirvine@compuserve.com' <markirvine@compuserve.com>
Sent: Mon, Jun 23, 2014 10:47 am
Subject: RE: FoI Request
Mr Irvine
I acknowledge receipt of your email regarding the above and would advise that I have forwarded it to the Executive Director of Corporate Services to process as a Freedom of Information enquiry.
Gavin Whitefield Chief Executive Tel: 01698 302452
From: markirvine@compuserve.com [mailto:markirvine@compuserve.com]
Sent: 20 June 2014 11:14
To: Whitefield Gavin
Subject: FoI Request

20 June 2014
Gavin Whitefield
Chief Executive
North Lanarkshire Council
BY E-MAIL TO: whitefieldg@northlan.gov.uk
Dear Mr Whitefield

FOISA Request 

I would like to make the following request under the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002.

1 Please provide me with a copy of the report to the Council's Corporate Management Team (CMT) meeting held 11 August 2005 which dealt with the costs and related issues regarding North Lanarkshire's Job Evaluation Scheme (JES)?
2 Please include copies of all of the relevant Appendices which were attached to this report from the Director of Administration? 

I look forward to your reply and would be grateful if you could respond to me by e-mail to: markirvine@compuserve.com
    
Kind regards


Mark Irvine

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