16th November 2025
Email sent Wed 19/08/2009 20:03
Dear Ms Naven
Please could I have a reply? What was the grade of the Council officer who decided to take Mr. Parnell to court for allegedly sneezing, which may well cost the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds?
Kind regards
Sheila
—– Original Message —–
From: Sheila Oliver
To: FOI Officer
Cc: MICHAEL PARNELL ; peter.devine@gmwn.co.uk
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: Your request for information to Stockport Council – ‘Town Hall protestor’ – Ref 1831 – Response
Dear FoI Officer
Then without identifying the council officer(s) by name, please state their grade within the organisation. I assume this would be someone of senior position. I may take this issue to the Information Commission, which won’t look good for Stockport Council. Maybe we can achieve the same end without getting SMBC even further black marks at the ICO.
Kind regards
Sheila
—– Original Message —–
From: FOI Officer
To: Sheila Oliver
Cc: FOI Officer
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 5:08 PM
Subject: Your request for information to Stockport Council – ‘Town Hall protestor’ – Ref 1831 – Response
Dear Mrs Oliver,
I am writing in response to your recent request for information (ref 1831) in which you requested ‘evidence of any senior council officer’s involvement in this case – which is the calling of the police to the peaceful town hall protester around 70 times’. I apologise for the delay responding.
Any information the Council may hold in relation to this request is likely to constitute the personal data of the individual concerned; therefore we are unable to provide the information you have requested because it is exempt information under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
Section 40(2) FOIA states that information which constitutes personal data as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998 is exempt from disclosure if its release would contravene one or more of the data protection principles. Any information held in relation to your request is likely to constitute personal data because it relates to and identifies a living individual. Disclosure of these personal data would be unfair; therefore it would contravene the first data protection principle which requires the Council to process personal data fairly. This means that the information is exempt and will not be provided.
If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your request you are entitled to ask for an internal review. Any internal review will be carried out by a senior member of staff who was not involved with your original request. To ask for an internal review, contact foi.officer@stockport.gov.uk in the first instance.
If you are unhappy with the outcome of any internal review, you are entitled to complain to the Information Commissioner. To do so, contact:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
01625 545 745
Yours sincerely,
Claire Naven
Claire Naven
Data Protection & Freedom of Information Officer
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
