Yesterday I was in receipt of a small victory.
I received an email from R Gaunt of Public Access at the Joint Information Management Unit of Hampshire Police. The email acknowledged instructions from the Information Commissioners Office to ‘revisit’ my access to records request originally made on the 28th of July, 2025. R Gaunt had denied my lawful access to records referencing the inappropriate referral of me to the government’s counter-terrorism department, Prevent.
The records that I originally requested over THREE AND A HALF MONTHS AGO have now been disclosed and I can proceed with my own investigation and subsequent formal complaints against the referrer and the Safeguarding Board of the Trust that approved that referral.
This is the letter I sent earlier today to R Gaunt.
‘Your reference ******************
14TH November, 2025
Dear R Gaunt,
Thank you for your email dated 13th November, 2025 and the attached information that I originally requested.
I am pleased that the Information Commissioners Office responded promptly to my complaint and ordered you to review your unreasonable decision to deny my lawful access to records.
I am now in a position to complete my own investigation into the inappropriate referral of me to Prevent by Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. If the ICO had been unable to investigate my complaint against you for the full 29 weeks as originally suggested then I would not be in a position to raise further complaints against the Trust until after May 2026.
THE FOLLOWING REQUIRES YOUR URGENT ATTENTION
I have read the attachment ‘****-ROA Response’ and am now seeking clarification from you.
‘****-ROA Response’ states
‘Legislation places an obligation on the Chief Constable (Data Controller), when processing personal information, to provide you with a copy of that information, unless an exemption applies. On the basis of the information you have provided, the personal data to which you are entitled, is enclosed.’
And yet in the your original response dated 27/08/2025 you stated
‘Legislation places an obligation on the Chief Constable (Data Controller), when processing personal information, to provide you with a copy of that information, unless an exemption applies. From the personal details supplied in your application, there is no information that the chief officer is required to supply to you under the provisions of the legislation.’
I submitted my original request for records to you on the 28/07/2025!
I objected to your decision and you referred me to the ICO.
You have cost me THREE AND A HALF MONTHS valuable time wasted while waiting because of your decision.
You could have cost me NINE MONTHS valuable time wasted while waiting because of your decision.
WHY?
Why did you state, on the 27/08/2025, that
‘From the personal details supplied in your application, there is no information that the chief officer is required to supply to you under the provisions of the legislation.’
and then completely contradict yourself by stating, on the 13/11/2025, that
‘On the basis of the information you have provided, the personal data to which you are entitled, is enclosed.’
Was your original statement
‘From the personal details supplied in your application, there is no information that the chief officer is required to supply to you under the provisions of the legislation.’
a damning error of judgement
or was it a cynical attempt to obstruct my lawful access to records?
I am putting you on notice that I will be making two formal complaints about you and Public Access Manager, S. Carr. This is your opportunity to respond to my grievances before I go ahead and make those complaints.
Also, both your emails state
‘If you believe that any information you have been provided with is inaccurate, please write to the address above quoting the reference number.’
The following parts need to be addressed
Occurrence: ***********
The penultimate paragraph states, ‘As a result, Mark continues to express dissatisfaction with the entire mental health service’.
This categorically untrue. For the record I continue ‘to express dissatisfaction with CAMHS art therapist, Sally Mungall, her clinical and leadership cohorts and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’ and NOT the entire mental health service.
As well as being absolutely untrue it gives a misleading impression. A ‘dissatisfaction with the entire mental health service’ could be interpreted as evidence of psychological ‘splitting ‘ and might be used against me. Splitting is observed in cluster B personality disorders as well as schizophrenia. I have NEVER been diagnosed with any type of personality disorder or have any of the symptoms associated with schizophrenia.
My current diagnosis, made by psychologist Dr J Bray, is Complex PTSD. I have also been diagnosed as having Autistic traits although I am on a waiting list for an actual formal diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Yours sincerely,
Mark Stock
