Bassetlaw District Council (22 014 541)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 31-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint that the Council delayed in responding to a complaint she made about a councillor. Any injustice is not significant enough to justify our involvement. Furthermore, it is unlikely any investigation by the Ombudsman would come to a different conclusion.

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (22 011 994)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 30-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint that the Council failed to respond to complaints she made about two councillors. Any injustice is not significant enough to justify our involvement. Furthermore, it is unlikely any investigation by the Ombudsman would come to a different conclusion

London Borough of Ealing (22 017 967)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 30-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the accuracy of social care records. This is because the complainant has already complained to the Information Commissioner and achieved a remedy. An investigation by the Ombudsman is unlikely to achieve anything more.

London Borough of Hounslow (22 014 718)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 30-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the way the Council dealt with a complaint. We cannot investigate personnel matters. The Council has apologised to the complainant for the poor handling of a discussion, and we consider that further investigation is unlikely to lead to a different outcome.

Ashfield District Council (22 015 493)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 30-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s failure to disqualify a councillor and delay in responding to the complaint. We cannot achieve the outcome the complainant is seeking. And we consider an apology to be a suitable remedy to this part of the complaint.

Eastleigh Borough Council (22 017 388)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 29-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council’s Monitoring Officer dealt with a Code of Conduct complaint. This is because it is unlikely we would find fault.

London Borough of Sutton (22 017 777)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 29-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council’s Monitoring Officer dealt with a code of conduct complaint. This is because it is unlikely we would find fault.

Cumbria County Council (22 017 511)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 28-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about a data breach by the Council as it is best dealt with by the Information Commissioner’s Office and the courts.

Eden District Council (22 015 600)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Commercial and contracts 28-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s failure to put the sale of a field out to tender. This is because the complaint does not meet the tests in our Assessment Code on how we decide which complaints to investigate. There is no evidence of fault in the Council’s actions as it has confirmed it does not own the field.

London Borough of Bexley (22 015 670)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 28-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate this late complaint about a coroner. There is not a good reason for the delay in bringing the complaint to the Ombudsman.