This was regarding a 550 pupil primary school and nursery to be built on a still gassing landfill site, directly over the rubbish in-filled claypits, £5m over budget, not big enough and creating a lethal traffic situation for the children. There was no time for any delay. I got nothing else but delay and then a final branding of being “vexatious” by the ICO. All I foretold came true.
9th June 2009
Case Reference Number FS50232537
Stockport Council
Dear Mrs Oliver
Further to previous correspondence I regret to advise that it is still not possible to allocate your complaint to a caseworker.
We are dealing with outstanding complaints as quickly as we can and your complaint is continuing to progress up the queue. We are constantly reviewing our procedures in order to try and identify new ways to speed up complaints handling, thereby further speed up the allocation of complaints. However as the Commissioner has explained in his evidence to the Justice Select committee in January 2009 whilst improvements have been made to reduce the backlog of complaints, continual delays in allocation are largely attributable to a lack of resources. Our current level of funding for FOI will therefore restrict our ability to deliver further significant improvement in the immediate future.
We appreciate you will be disappointed by this continuing delay but we will keep you updated every twelve weeks about the status of your complaint.
Yours Sincerely
FOI Operations – Local Government
Information Commissioner’s Office
