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
Our reference: 14091
Date: 28 May 2010
Dear Mr Leaton,
Freedom of Information request (our ref. 14091): internal review
Thank you for your e-mail of 30 April 2010, in which you asked for an internal
review of our response to your Freedom of Information (FoI) request about
NHS numbers and birth registration.
I have now completed the review. I have examined all the relevant papers 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 substantively correct, although we were at fault in not
responding within 20 working days and could have provided more advice and
assistance to you.
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
Robert Clifford
Information Access Team