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1 COMPLAINTS OPEN AND CLOSED |
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Number |
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Complaints Received 2008/9 (1 May 2008 to 30 Sept 2009) |
26 |
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Complaints Received 31 September 2009 to date |
10 |
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Current ‘live’ Complaints |
12 |
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Number of Complaints closed in the preceding 3 months |
2 |
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2 COMPLAINTS BY IDENTITY OF COMPLAINANT |
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Complainant |
Subject Councillor |
Number |
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Member of the Public
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Parish Councillor |
4 |
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Member of the Public
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District Councillor |
5 |
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Company/Business Owner
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Parish Councillor |
0 |
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Company/Business Owner
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District Councillor |
1 |
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Parish Councillor
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Parish Councillor |
4 |
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Parish Councillor
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District Councillor |
2 |
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District Councillor
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Parish Councillor |
0 |
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District Councillor
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District Councillor |
20 |
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Officer of TDC
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District Councillor |
0 |
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Other e.g. Press/Clerk to Parish Council/ Member of KCC/ PCT etc. |
District Councillor |
0 |
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Other
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Parish Councillor |
0 |
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3 COMPLAINTS BY NATURE OF ALLEGED BREACH * |
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Alleged Breach |
Number |
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Failing to treat a person with respect.
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10 |
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Causing Council to breach equality enactments
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3 |
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Bullying.
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9 |
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Intimidating any person involved in the investigation of, or proceedings relating to, a complaint
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0 |
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Doing something to prevent those who work for the Council from being fair minded and unbiased.
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0 |
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Revealing information that was given to them in confidence, or stopping someone getting information they are entitled to by law.
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0 |
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Damaging the reputation of their office or the Council where their conduct is linked to their public role and not in their private life.
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29 |
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Using their position improperly, to their own or someone else’s advantage or disadvantage
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11 |
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Misusing the resources of their Council
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0 |
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Allowing the Council’s resources to be misused for the activities of a registered political party.
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0 |
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Failing to register financial or other interests
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1 |
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Failing to reveal a personal interest at a meeting.
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5 |
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Participating in a meeting where they have a prejudicial interest.
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1 |
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Improperly influencing a decision about a matter that they have a prejudicial interest in
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1 |
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Failing to register any gifts or hospitality (including its source) that they received in their role as a member or because they were a member, worth over £25
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0 |
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* NOTE Some complaints may allege more than one breach of the Code so the number of alleged breaches is likely to exceed the number of complaints. |
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4 “COUNCILLOR ON COUNCILLOR” COMPLAINTS BY POLITICAL PARTY (DISTRICT COUNCIL ONLY) |
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Complainant |
Subject Councillor |
Number |
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Conservative
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Conservative |
0 |
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Conservative
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Labour |
10 |
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Conservative
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Independent |
0 |
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Labour
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Conservative |
10 |
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Labour
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Labour |
0 |
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Labour
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Independent |
1 |
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Independent
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Conservative |
0 |
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Independent
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Labour |
0 |
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Independent
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Independent |
0 |
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5 COMPLAINTS : NO FURTHER ACTION AT ASSESSMENT |
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Number of complaints assessed as no further action |
13 |
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Conciliation |
1 |
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6 COMPLAINTS REFERRED TO MO FOR OTHER ACTION |
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Number of referrals |
5 |
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7 ‘OTHER ACTION’ |
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Training |
3 |
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Review of Parish Council Governance |
1 |
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8 COMPLAINTS REFERRED FOR INVESTIGATION |
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Number of Investigations to date |
6 |
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No of investigations completed |
5 |
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Investigation reports finding outcomes of Breach |
4 |
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Number of Hearings to date |
4 |
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Sanctions: |
1 Censure & NFA |
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1 Apology/2 mth suspension/training |
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3 NFA* *One investigation abandoned with no hearing. (Complainant declined to be interviewed) |
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