Alan Dransfield's Blog

Email sent – 21/03/2017

Dear Ms Denham, Information Commissioner

Please see the following article from the Scottish Information Commissioner’s Office who,
it would appear, has her finger on the pulse and is holding Scottish
ministers to account. That cannot be said about the English Information
Commissioner, who appears to have a very cosy little relationship with MPs
and Judges and rogue public authorities

I would imagine something
similar to this will land on your desk sooner rather than later. I do hope you
don’t think this letter is too vexatious or mainfestly unreasonable.

Yours

Alan M Dransfield

https://theferret.scot/scottish-ministers-freedom-information-beavers/

Email sent – 09/03/2017 17:35

Dear Mr Bailey, ICO Solicitor

Please advise me how many
people from the UK ICO attended this convention. According to these press
releases, the FOIA needs strengthening across Europe. I don’t subscribe to this
argument; there is nothing wrong with the UK FOIA only the people who are
running it, who are dishonest and willfully blind.

With thanks

Alan M Dransfield

http://www.freedominfo.org/2017/03/eu-commissioners-urge-stronger-role-offices/

Email sent – Sun 29/01/2017 07:03

Ben Bradshaw MP for Exeter.

Dear Sir

According to the ICO published records for their Decision Notices
(DN) the ICO has completed only 34 DN this month and 35 for last month.

I do not accept such totals warrant the huge staffing Levels
at the ICO.

Moreover and more importantly, their total DN numbers have
had huge discrepancies for the last two weeks.

I call upon my MP to write to the Minister of Culture and
Sport and the Lord Chief Justice protesting on my behalf about the
ICO workload. The average total of Decision Notices for last year was 100 per
month. What is also very alarming is the ICO has no idea how much each individual case costs the public purse.

I believe every FOIA case which
passes through the ICO should be given a cost centre control ref number and
then the ICO would be able to identify total costs of individual cases.

I am also alarmed to learn the
ICO does not operate either ISO 9000 series QA/QC or ISO 1400
Environmental. It would appear the ICO is allocated a lump sum each year
say £15 million pounds to run their organization and there is no fiscal accountability
or ring-fence. The ICO has no QA/QC controls and for the last decade the
ICO officials have been able to claim expenses without receipts. They are
also still non- compliant to the Register of Interest laws.

I am of the opinion the ICO is in need of a good shakedown to improve quality of service
for the general public.

With thanks

Yours sincerely

Alan M Dransfield

Email sent – 03/09/2016 06:11

Richard Bailey

Information Commissioner Solicitor

Dear Mr Bailey

Three days ago, I asked you a specific question, how long has
Alex Ganotis worked for the ICO and when did he complete his Register of
Interest.

You are normally very prompt with your responses, but
this time you have not replied to my direct questions. I understand Mr
Ganotis has worked for both the ICO and Stockport Borough Council since 2008.

I also asked you how long you have known about this.

I also asked you a question about the ICO Register of
Interest for ICO officials.

May I take this opportunity is submitting another FOIA
request to the ICO. i.e How many Compromise Agreements have the ICO
entered into with Ex ICO Officials please?

For your information, action and files

Yours sincerely

ALan M Dransfield

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

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

Email sent – 24/08/2016 06:59

Attn Mr Paul Arnold

Customer Service Manager

Dear Sir

Further to my earlier email today in which I confirmed my allegations of wrongdoing and maladministration by the ICO and gave you 3 demonstrable points of evidence.

I now wish to add a 4th piece of evidence which supports my allegations of misfeasance and criminal negligence by the ICO.

Please see the ICO minutes below which confirms the ICO staff have been allowed to claim expense for overseas travel without receipts (para3) for the last decade.

Such action flies in the face of transparency, accountability and security and it beggars belief that millions of pounds have been spent from the public purse in the last decade and are unaccountable.

Please be mindful that a recent Upper Tribunal upheld a vexatious exemption in which I was seeking ICO expenses information.

No wonder the ICO are throwing the kitchen sink at the Dransfield Vexatious BS because the ICO have their greedy snouts in the expenses gravy trough.

It is inconceivable that the UK Government department allows their employees to travel world-wide, wine and dine etc and are not required to reconcile the expenses via receipts.

It beggars belief.

I would argue that the ICO are in serious breach of Government fiscal accountability rules.

Yours etc

Alan M Dransfield

https://ico.org.uk/media/1624122/20160329-smt-meeting-minutes.pdf

Email sent – 27/08/2016 05:27

Dear Mr Bradshaw MP

It would appear the ICO are in complete meltdown and I
call upon my MP to write to the relevant authority and ask for an
explanation why:-

1.The ICO senior staff have failed to fill in a Register Of
Interests document?

2. Why the ICO staff are not
required to provide a receipt for their expenses?

……

For your information,action and files

Yours etc

Alan M Dransfield

https://ico.org.uk/media/about-the-ico/documents/1042702/register_of_interests_policy_and_procedure.pdf