Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Defra,
Room 1/12, Temple Quay House,
Temple Quay,
Bristol,
BS1 6EB
Telephone 08459 33 55 77
Website www.defra.gov.uk
Our ref RFI 3335
Mr Des Prior – by email
Date 9 June 2010
Dear Mr Prior,
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: Ringing Regulations – Ring Quality Control
Thank you for your request for information about quality control of rings for Schedule 4
birds, which we received on 9 May 2010. We are dealing with your request under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
Following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the
information you requested is not held by Defra. In response to your queries I can inform
you Defra has no records of what quality controls for rings supplied for Schedule 4 birds
were in place between 2000 up until 2008 when Defra stopped issuing rings in England
and Wales for Schedule 4 birds under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (the Act).
Similarly, Defra does not hold any records regarding what checking for manufacturing
faults took place during this period, nor does the Department hold records relating to what
faults may have been found. Defra does not hold a written list of checks in relation to the
inspection of rings for Schedule 4 birds under the Act.
I can confirm that to the best of our knowledge the information is not held by another public
authority.
Yours sincerely
Tim Andrews
Direct Line 0117 372 6170
Fax
0117 372 8393
Email
[email address]
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. I also attach an annexe
giving contact details should you be unhappy with the service you have received.
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:
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
