Dear Ms Davis

Access to Information Request - Information not held, cannot be located or has been destroyed - RFI#512

Thank you for your request for information about `An assessment undertaken to determine any possible detrimental effects on the ecological interest of the site if the information were to be released into the public domain about the presence of the White Throated Sparrow' which we received on 3 June 2009.

Your request has been considered under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

Following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by Natural England. I have discussed the matter with the relevant colleagues who can categorically state that Natural England made no assessment, written or otherwise, on the likely impact on the National Nature Reserve of releasing the sighting.

I apologise that your request cannot be met but if you have any further information needs in the future then please contact us.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision, please contact Peter Wingate

Team Leader

Northminster House

Northminster Road

Peterborough

PE1 1UA

[email address]

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by Natural England. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Telephone: 01625 545 700, www.ico.gov.uk.

If you have any queries about this letter please contact me.

Yours sincerely

Juliet Melvin-Sparks