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Freedom of Information and Health and Safety

This blog is aimed at shaming those who ignore health and safety and those who abuse the Freedom of Information Act out of laziness, corruption or to cover up incompetence.

Dartington Eco School and the wasted £16 million

Devon County Council Posted on Sun, August 28, 2016 08:37:43

Email sent – 28/08/2016 07:10

Dartington Primary School

Dear Sirs

Under protection of the FOIA 2000, please provide me with a
PDF copy of the As Built Health and Safety Files for your school.

with thanks

Yours sincerely

Alan M Dransfield



Dartington Eco School and the wasted £16 million

Devon County Council Posted on Sun, August 28, 2016 08:37:40

Email sent –

Dartington Primary School

Dear Sirs

Under protection of the FOIA 2000, please provide me with a
PDF copy of the As Built Health and Safety Files for your school.

with thanks

Yours sincerely

Alan M Dransfield



Was Dransfield really vexatious to ask about the Dartington School now it is being pulled down?

Vexatious Posted on Sun, August 28, 2016 08:21:22

Email sent – Information Commissioner 28/08/2016 07:50

Dear Sirs

Please see the attached 5 FOIA
requests from me to the Devon County Council (DCC) which have now been ignored
for over a year. As you are aware, the DCC have imposed a lifetime email ban
against me. Hence, I am unable to do any follow ups.

I now wish to elevate all these five requests to the ICO
because I consider the DCC are in breach of the FOIA 2000 and in particular
section 77of the said act.

As you will see one of my FOIA
request is relevant to the Dartington Primary Eco school which is going to be
demolished. This makes my FOIA request most relevant to the Public Interest
Test -i.e. public purse fraud ??

For your action and files

With thanks

Yours sincerely

Alan M Dransfield

(1 example reproduced below)

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21st May 2015

Attn FIA Department, Devon County Council.

Dears Sir/Madam

Freedom of Information request.

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

A copy of the As Built Health and Safety Manual for the
Dartington Eco School.

Owing to the Lifetime email ban imposed against me, you will
need to make manual copies of the sought after data as opposed to sending me a
PDF copy.

This is a brand new request

With thanks

Yours sincerely

Alan M Dransfield



Selsey School Fire

Ben Bradshaw MP Posted on Sun, August 28, 2016 07:19:47

Email sent – 22/08/2016 06:59

Dear Mr Bradshaw MP

Please see the following report ref the subject title.

The root cause of this fire is
not yet known but don’t rule out lightning. The speed this fire
spread through the building is most disconcerting as well as the amount
of combustible material. It is also very worrying why so much “EXPLOSIVE
GASES” were stored inside the school.

In light of this fire, is it worth ensuring Devon Schools are safe or are you
too busy plotting against you Leader…..?

For your information, action and files

Yours sincerely

Alan M Dransfield

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-37148332



Department of Finance – vexatious ruling

Vexatious Posted on Sun, August 28, 2016 07:17:31

https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/decision-notices/2016/1624817/fs50616106.pdf



ICO Audits

Information Commissioner Posted on Sun, August 28, 2016 07:15:26

Email sent – 24/08/2016 20:58

Dear Mr Bailey

Under protection of the FOIA 2000 please provide me with
a PDF copy of the following audits for the last 5 years.

1. All audits undertaken by outside auditors on the ICO
2. A copy of the ISO 14000 environment
audit 3. A copy of the ICO BS 9000 QS/QA audit

Any other audits undertaken

With thanks

Yours sincerely

Alan M Dransfield



Dartington Flagship Eco Friendly School to be demolished

Ben Bradshaw MP Posted on Sun, August 28, 2016 07:12:17

Email sent

Dear Mr Bradshaw

Please see the following
article ref the Dartington Eco school which is to be demolished because of
leaking roofs.

This was supposed to be a flagship eco-friendly school costing £7million to build. Let’s just do a
little bit of basic arithmetic.

1. Original cost to build £7,000,000

2. Court
Case. £3.000,000

3. New school build. £6.000,000

That’s £16,000,000 – what a waste of public funds.

On top of that we have the
rental charges for the temporary school building and the demolition of the
current school which is only 2/3 years old. It appears to me the Devon County
Council are run by a bunch of buffoons/cheats.

What’s this got to do with me? I hear you cry. Devon County Council comes under your patch so this is another
problem for you, which by the way is included in my recent listing

For your information action and
files

Yours etc

Alan M Dransfield

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/03/visionary-7m-eco-school-to-be-demolished-because-of-leaky-roof/



A reasonable request one would assume

Information Commissioner Posted on Sun, August 28, 2016 07:07:23

Email sent to Richard Bailey, ICO Solicitor 24/08/2016 06:11

Dear Sir

Under protection of the FOIA
2000 please provide the following information relating to Christopher
Graham and your good self.

1.A copy of your monthly expenses claims form for the past
two years.

2. A copy of the credit card statements for Graham and
Bailey.

3. A copy of the ICO Policy and Procedures for
Staff/Conduct/expenses etc

With thanks

Yours sincerely

Alan M Dransfield



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