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This case, at the very least, shows an extreme inconsistency by the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Email sent – 29 April 2015 14:57

Dear Mr Bradshaw MP

Please see the following email from Chudleigh schools, who confirm they do
not hold any as built Health & Safety files at the school.

It is a legal requirement to hold such files on the premises

Strikes me the Devon County Council don’t know what they are doing

Dransfield

From: “Chudleigh School Administrator”

Date:
29 April 2015 14:29:41 BST
To: “‘alan dransfield'” <
Subject:
RE: FOIA REQUEST

Dear
Mr. Dransfield,

In
response to your request, I am now able to advise that we are a Devon County
Council maintained school and our

on-
going maintenance is undertaken via NPS. We do not hold ‘As Built Health &
Safety files’ as these are held by whoever commissioned the building. In our
case this would be DCC. I note that DCC have referred you to apply directly to
us but I wonder if there might have been a misunderstanding with a school with a
similar name which is an academy school? Therefore DCC would have referred you
direct them.

Yours
sincerely,

Barbara
Carr

School
Business Manager

From: alan
dransfield [
Sent: 27 April 2015 05:59
To: admin@chudleigh.devon.sch.uk
Subject:
FOIA REQUEST

Chudleigh Primary
School

Dear Sir or
Madam

I have been informed by the DCC
to redirect my FOIA request directly to the school.

Under protection of the FOIA
2000, please provide me with the following
information.

1. A copy of the As Built
Health and Safety File aka Operation Maintenance
Manuals.

With
thanks

Yours
sincerely

Alan M
Dransfield.

Email sent – 01 May 2015 06:45

Dear Mr Bradshaw MP

Please see the response from the ISCA college.

Devon County Council has informed me that the DCC does not hold any remit for Academy
schools.

I seek your assistance in this matter please.

By the way, the ISCA college is operating in a legal void in the absence of any as
built Health &Safety files.

Alan M Dransfield

From: “Alison Moxey”
Date:
29 April 2015 21:00:07 CEST
To: “Alan”
Subject:
Re: Contact Form Isca College

Dear Mr Dransfield

Thank you for
your email. I am not sure who at DCC referred you back to us. The documents
you refer to are not in the procession of the school, they are held between DCC
and the PFI contractor.

I am sorry I cannot be
of any further help

Kind
regards
Ali

Alison
Moxey
Assistant Vice Principal
Isca

Earl Richards Road
South
Exeter
01392
204082

On 28 Apr 2015, at 11:19, Alan wrote:
Dear Ali
The DCC advised me to contact the school because
you are now an academy.
Kind regards
Alan
On 28 Apr 2015, at 07:48, Alison Moxey wrote:

Dear Mr
Dransfield

Thank you for your email. This request will need
to be made to Devon County Council please liaise with them
direct.

Kind regards

Ali

Alison Moxey

Assistant Vice
Principal

Isca Academy

Earl Richards Road
South

Exeter EX2
6AP

01392 204082

From: Admin Office

Sent: 27 April 2015
12:28

To: Alison
Moxey

Subject: FW: Contact Form Isca
Coll

Sent: 26 April 2015
07:45

To: adminoffice@iscacollege.devon.sch.uk

Subject: Contact Form Isca
College

Contact Form Entry :

Name :

Email Address : alanmdransfield@gmail.com Subject :
FOIA REQUEST Comment

Under protection of the FOIA 2000 please provide
me with a copy of your

1. As Built Health and Safety Files a.k.a. Operations
Maintenance Manual.

2. A copy of your Approved Lightning Risk
Assessment.