19 June 2009

Mr S Hardwicke Carruthers

Via email ([FOI #13349 email])

Our ref: CS/09/056/HJP

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If telephoning contact Hilary Pook on 020 7217 4734

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Dear Mr Hardwicke Carruthers

Request for information

In your email of 15 June you asked for a copy of a report produced by ODPM/DCLG. As this is not our report, but the Department's, it is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information as it is accessible by other means (section 21). I suggest you contact the Department about this.

That concludes my response. If you feel I have not dealt properly with your request, you have the right to appeal and, should you wish to do so, I can supply a copy our internal complaints procedure. You also have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner to determine whether your request has been properly dealt with. You should note however that the Commissioner will not consider any complaint where you have not first exhausted our internal complaints process or where there has been undue delay in contacting him. You will be able to obtain further details of the Information Commissioner's role from the website on www.ico.gov.uk.

Yours sincerely

Hilary Pook

Hilary Pook (Ms)

Communications and Records Manager

LGO 01 (03/08)