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Email sent – 23 March 2015 07:11

Justice Select Committee

Dear Sirs

Please see the ICO decision notice attached, which I consider is tangible
evidence that the ICO and the Crown Prosecution Service are complicit to pervert the course of justice
and is a flagrant breach of section 77 of the FOIA 2000.

In particular, please ref to para 15 &16 of the ICO decision which the
ICO & CPS have relied upon the GIA/3037/2011 Dransfield v ICO and Devon
County Council.

As you are aware the GIA case is still before the Court of Appeal as a live
active case under C3/2013/1855.

For you information,action and files

with thanks

Yours sincerely

Alan M Dransfield.

Email sent – 23 March 2015 15:41

Dear Mr Bradshaw

Please see the attached letter from OFSTED ref my concerns for safety and welfare of thousands of children and staff at the 6 Private Finance Inititiative schools in Exeter.

I fervently believe that OFSTED does hold remit for safety and welfare for
children in UK schools and I consider this response from OFSTED is hogwash at
best….

I now call upon my MP to write to both OFSTED and the Minister of Education demanding a public inquiry into the 6 PFI schools in Exeter.

I would envisage this issue is not isolated to Exeter PFI schools but
systemic failures by OFSTED and Local Education Authorities nationwide.

As you are aware my FOIA case involving the Exeter 6 PFI schools is parked up awaiting the Court of Appeal conclusion. One of these schools has had
contaminated drinking for addecade since it was built in 2005 and those idiots at OFSTED do not accept that drinking water in schools comes under welfare.

For your information urgent action and files.

Yours sincerely

Alan M Dransfield

Email sent – Dear Mr Bradshaw

Upon your recommendation ,I hand carried 4 FOIA requests to the DCC today
and was appalled to see the reception does not have a receipt stamp.They hand
sign each copy of correspondence.

Are they living in the dark ages or has austerity really took a
grip??

It will be V interesting to see how they respond to my requests which are
all brand new but I would envisage section 14(1) will be handed out to me AGAIN.
Time will tell.

For your information,action and files

with thanks

Alan M Dransfield.

Dear Mr Bradshaw

Upon your recommendation, I hand carried 4 Freedom Of Information Act requests to the Devon County Council today
and was appalled to see the Reception does not have a receipt stamp. They hand
sign each copy of correspondence.

Are they living in the dark ages or has austerity really taken a
grip??

It will be very interesting to see how they respond to my requests which are
all brand new, but I would envisage section 14(1) will be handed out to me again.
Time will tell.

For your information, action and files

With thanks

Alan M Dransfield.

Email sent – 20 March 2015 04:05
OFSTED

Dear Sirs

Please see the attached ICO decision dated 11th March 2015 which is the
latest scam from the ICO, in which they have used the GIA/3037/2011 Dransfield v
ICO case. In particular,see para 15 &16.

I consider that OFSTED have acted in bad faith by reliance on section
14(1) vexatious exemption and are breaching section 77 of the FOIA 2000. In
essence OFSTED are using section 14(1) Vexatious exemption as a get out of jail free card.

Please consider this as a FOIA request for a copy of the original OFSTED
vexatious decision and the OFSTED review.

For your information,action and files.

With thanks

Yours sincerely

Alan M Dransfield

Email sent – 20 March 2015 04:32

Justice Select Committee

Dear Sirs

I wish to present further tangible evidence of wrongdoing by the Information Commissioner’s Office via their illegal use of section 14(1) vexatious
exemption.

Please see the attached ICO decision dated 11th Mar 2015 ref Fowery Parish
Council and in particular para 17 which relies on the Dransfield Case
GIA/3037/2011.

The ICO appear to have turned a blind eye to the fact that the Public
Authority changed its plea mid-stream.

For your information, action and files.

With thanks

Yours sincerely

Alan M Dransfield.

Email sent – March 20, 2015 8:56 AM

ICO

Dear Sirs

Under protection of the FOIA 2000 please provide me with a PDF copy of the
Metadata and in particular a copy of all internal and external emails containing
my name between 2005 and Feb 2015.

This should not be confused with a DPA 98 request as I am not seeking data
about myself.

With thanks

Yours sincerely

Alan M Dransfield

Email sent – 20 March 2015 06:33

Upper Tribunal

Dear Sirs

As you are aware, the above case was put in abeyance approx 18 months ago
pending the outcome of the Court of Appeal Case C3/2013/1855
Dransfield v ICO.

The Upper Tribunal adjourned its last hearing on this case
owing to the UT Judges concerns for the “evidence credibility” by the Chief
Witness from the Devon County Council i..e.,e Miss Amber Steer Frost the DCC FOIA
Manager..

In the event the Court of Appeal release their judgement in the not too
distant future, the subject title case will need to continue to a full oral hearing, whether or not the CoA rules in my favour or the
ICO’s favour.

To this end, I am currently reviewing the EA/2010/0152 which is currently
under the Upper Tribunal remit and preparing my revised Skeleton Argument.

I do not wish to sit idle and await the Court of Appeal, and neither do I
think the Upper Tribunal should be idle either.

Please see the First Tier Tribunal decision notice and as you are well aware
the ICO and the DCC have now changed their plea from
DO NOT HOLD to section 14(1) vexatious.

I do not consider it appropriate for the respondents to change their plea mid-stream. I am deeply concerned at Judge C Hughes decision notice in the
attached FTT decision notice in which he claims the Devon County
did not hold the sought after information and then claimed the sought after
data was too voluminous and too costly.

The most up to date plea from the DCC is section 14(10 Vexatious on this
case which started in May 2009

Before the Upper Tribunal considers this case at a rescheduled oral
hearing, I strongly recommend we have a teleconference hearing to discuss
several matters of serious contention on this case.

You will also recall my original FOIA request was for the 6
PFI schools in Exeter which was downgraded to one
school (ISCA) upon the request of the ICO owing to the voluminous amount of documents.

We now know that the sought after data on the 6 PFI schools
was not voluminous and available in PDF format; hence, I consider my
original FOIA request should be reinstated for ALL 6
PFI schools.

It is abundantly clear to me the FTT Judge Hughes erred in law on a number of occasions during his decision.

Quite frankly, in the event of the Court of Appeal Rule in my favour, it
behoves the Upper Tribunal to strike out the subject case and issue costs
against the ICO & DCC.

As you are aware, the UT placed a cost warning against the DCC for
“Evidence Credibility” at the last hearing.

I would envisage the UT should be able to make a decision one way or the
other two weeks after the Court of Appeal Judgement.

Being mindful of the costs to the public purse on the current Court of
Appeal case, I would ask the UT for an immediate strike out of this case in the
event the Court of Appeal rule in my favour.

With thanks

Yours sincerely

Alan M Dansfield