Complaints made against councillors and council staff - Find a freedom of information request

Request

A. The number of overall complaints made against councillors and council staff per year for the past five years

B. The number of those complaints upheld per year

C. The number of overall complaints which relate to discrimination including, but not limited to, misogyny, homophobia, racism or ableism

D. The number of those complaints in C upheld

E. The outcomes of those complaints

i ) Please separate out councillors and staff in your answer.

ii) Please provide the answers for A-D in table form and E as a list.

Decision

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

Request

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23 (to date)

A. The number of overall complaints made against councillors per year for the past five years
 

2

7

5

29 (seven incidents)

3

B. The number of those complaints upheld per year

 

0

0

0

0

0

C. The number of overall complaints which relate to discrimination including, but not limited to, misogyny, homophobia, racism or ableism

 

1

0

0

0

1

D. The number of those complaints in C upheld

 

0

0

0

0

0

E. The outcomes of those complaints

 

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

 

We do not hold any information internally about complaints made by staff against each other. Only managers would know this information To obtain the information requested about staff complaints over the last 5 years would take longer than the 18 hours allowed under section 12 (1) of the FOI act. 

Reference number
FOI 5428693
Date request received
31/10/22
Date of decision
19/01/23