Response 3600023

Response to request for information

Reference

3600023

Response date

17 December 2024

Request

I would like to know how many complaints about parish and town councillors breaching their code of conduct have been dealt with by Rushcliffe Borough Council's monitoring officer in the last three years.

I would like to know the number of complaints investigated by the monitoring officer related to all complaints about members breaching codes of conduct at all parish and town councils under the jurisdiction of Rushcliffe Borough Council.

I would like this to cover the 2021, 2022 and 2023 calendar years, with the number of complaints displayed for each year.

Finally, I would like to know the outcome of each complaint.

Response

Thank you for your freedom of information request received on 9 December. However, I am unable to provide the information requested as the information is exempt under section 21 of the FOI Act because it is reasonably accessible to you and the terms of the exemption mean that we do not have to consider whether or not it would be in the public interest for you to have the information.

I am pleased to inform you that the information is publicly available as we report this information to the Council’s Standards Committee. Reports can be accessed using this link - Council and Democracy - Rushcliffe Borough Council