Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR
Telephone 08459 33 55 77
Website www.defra.gov.uk
Steve Elibank
[email address]
Our ref RFI3147
Date 26 January 2010
Dear Mr Elibank
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: PHOTOGRAPHS OF MINISTERS
Thank you for your request for information dated 20 January2010 in which you asked:
“Do you hold electronic, hi-resolution photographs of all your
ministers? (Perhaps the ones on their security-passes?)
If 'yes', under what circumstances would you consider releasing any
or all of the said photos to the public?”
Your request for information has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA) and our response is as follows:
Ministers photos are accessible to the general public and can be found at
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/about/who/ministers/index.htm. Your request therefore
triggers Section 21 exemption which applies to information accessible to applicant by other
means.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. I also attach an annex giving
contact details should you be unhappy with the service you have received.
Yours sincerely
BY EMAIL
Diane Duffy
Email
[email address]
Annexe A
Complaints
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request you may
make a complaint or appeal against our decision within 40 working days of the date of this
letter. Please write to Clive Porro, Head of Defra’s Information Rights Team at, Area1B,
Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AL, (email:
[email address]) who will arrange for an internal review of your case.
Details of Defra’s complaints procedure can be found at:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/policy/opengov/complain/info.htm. 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. Please note that generally the
Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have first exhausted
Defra’s own complaints procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF