Important things that have been discovered through WhatDoTheyKnow.com

This page lists just some of the important things discovered through WhatDoTheyKnow

2009

• "In 2008/9 HMRC processed 65.3% of claims in nine working days, against a target of 69%."^[1]

2010

• The criteria TfL use for congestion charge appeals ^[2]
• "very high volumes of [child benefit] claims being received, to manage customers' expectations our agents are telling customers that in some complex cases it can take up to 26 weeks to process a claim"^[3]
• text of ICO (ICO) warning to TalkTalk ^[4]
• "The government has wasted millions of pounds setting up a sub-optimal journey planner for cyclists" ^[5]
• "Shropshire schools spent more than £200,000 on supply teachers in 12 months"^[6]
• "AT LEAST 772 children have been placed for adoption in Wales in the past five years, after local authorities obtained court orders overriding parental consent."^[7]
• "Electoral Commission's expenses advice frustrates journalists' inquiries"^[8]

2011

• "£29m of NHS funds were used to pay chaplains in 2009/10" ^{[9] [10]}

• Waltham Forest - "Council spends £7k on Olympic tickets" ^[11]

• Contract between the Ministry of Justice and the company behind http://www.courtserve.net prevents courts publishing their own lists online. ^[12][13]

• List of members of Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)^[14]

• The BBC North Risk Register ^[15][16]

2012

• "Wirral’s £250,000 bill for privatisation that never was"^[17], ^[18],

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