Reference: 1-123462101
25 August 2009
Heather Brooke
ELEANOR BERG
BY EMAIL: [FOI #15290 email]
Information Requests
information,[email address]
Dear Ms Brooke
Freedom of Information: Right to know request
Thank you for your request for information regarding Ofcom’s Register of Gifts &
Hospitality
I am writing to advise you that the time limit for responding to your request for
information needs to be extended. It is occasional y necessary to extend the 20 working
day time limit for issuing a response. In this case, this is because the information
requested must be considered under one of the exemptions which exempt Ofcom from
releasing the information, to which a public interest test applies. The exemption concerned
is in section 36 of the Freedom of Information Act, which deals with information that would
or would likely prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs, which includes inhibiting the
free and frank exchange of views. This extra time is needed in order to make a
determination as to the public interest in releasing the information. I hope to let you have a
response as soon as possible.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the
reference number above in any future communications.
Yours sincerely
Eleanor Berg
If you are unhappy with the response or level of service you have received in relation to your request from Ofcom, you may
ask for an internal review. If you ask us for an internal review of our decision, it wil be treated as a formal complaint and wil
be subject to an independent review within Ofcom. We wil acknowledge the complaint and inform you of the date by which
you might expect to be told the outcome.
The fol owing outcomes are possible:
• the original decision is upheld; or
• the original decision is reversed or modified.
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Timing
If you wish to exercise your right to an internal review
you should contact us within two months of the date of this
letter. There is no statutory deadline for undertaking internal reviews and it wil depend upon the complexity of the case, but
we aim to conclude al internal reviews within 2 months. If you wish to request an internal review, you should contact:
Graham Howel
The Secretary to the Corporation
Ofcom
Riverside House
2a Southwark Bridge Road
London SE1 9HA
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
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