PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE 
2 CARLTON GARDENS  LONDON  SWIY 5AA 
 
Tel  020 7747 5300 
Fax  020 7747 5311 
 
 
e-mail [email address] 
 
 
 
 
 
 23rd September 2009   
From the Deputy Clerk of the Council 
 
 
 
Dear Mr Cross, 
 
 
Thank you for your email of 20th September in which you request 
information under the Freedom of Information Act about the last three Privy 
Council Meetings and refreshments.  
 
 
In respect of your requests for information numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4, I 
can confirm that the Privy Council Office does not hold the information you 
request.  This is because no food or drink was provided before, during or 
after the three Privy Council meetings. 
 
 
I can confirm that the Privy Council Office does hold information on 
queries 5 and 6 of your request.  This information is exempt under Section 
21 of the Freedom of Information Act, because the information is accessible 
to you as it is already in the public domain.  The Privy Council Office 
publishes information about each Privy Council and the list of Privy 
Counsellors summoned to the meeting on its Website.  The link is 
http://www.pco.gov.uk/output/Page541.asp. 
 
 
As part of our obligations under the FOIA, the Privy Council Office 
(which is now an arms-length body of the Ministry of Justice) has an 
independent review process.  If you are dissatisfied with this decision, you 
may write to request an internal review.  The internal review will be carried 
out by someone who did not make the original decision, and they will re-
assess how the Department handled the original request.   
 
If you wish to request an internal review, please write or send an email to the 
Data Access and Compliance Unit within two months of the date of this letter, 
at the following address: 
 
Data Access and Compliance Unit 
Information Directorate 
Ministry of Justice 
1st Floor, Zone 1C 
Post point 1.41 
102 Petty France 
Serving Crown, Parliament and People 
 

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London 
SW1H 9AJ 
e-mail: [email address] 
 
 
 
 
If you remain dissatisfied after an internal review decision, you have 
the right to apply to the Information Commissioner’s Office under Section 50 
of the FOIA.  You can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at the 
following address: 
 
Information Commissioner’s Office 
Wycliffe House 
Water Lane 
Wilmslow 
Cheshire 
SK9 5AF 
 
Internet:  https://www.ico.gov.uk/Global/contact_us.aspx 
 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mrs Ceri King 
Serving Crown, Parliament and People 
 

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