Information Access Team
Shared Services Directorate
2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF
Switchboard 020 7035 4848
E-mail: [email address] Website: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Syed Faghurudeen
[email address]
24 February 2010
Dear Mr Faghurudeen
Freedom of Information request (our ref. 13002): internal review
Thank you for your e-mail of 08 November 2009 in which you asked for an internal review of
our response to your Freedom of Information (FoI) request about the use of DNA testing in
applications for British Overseas Citizens Passports..
I have now completed the review. I have examined al the relevant papers, including the
information that was withheld from you, and have consulted the policy unit which provided the
original response. I have considered whether the correct procedures were followed and
assessed the reasons why information was withheld from you. I confirm that I was not
involved in the initial handling of your request.
My findings are set out in the attached report. My main conclusion is that the original
response was correct, in stating that the UK Border Agency did not hold the information that
you requested and advising you to contact the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Unfortunately, your original request was dealt with as a general enquiry rather than as a
request under the FoI Act. However, I have fully reviewed the response to ensure UKBA
complied with their obligations under the FoI Act, when considering your request for
information.
This completes the internal review process by the Home Office. If you remain dissatisfied
with the response to your FoI request, you have the right of complaint to the Information
Commissioner at the following address:
The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely
Information Access Team