Our Ref:   165-08-647 
Your Ref:   
 
 
 
Dr Jonathan Levy 
 
 
By e mail 
 
request-4692-
 
[email address]  
   Information Access Team 
Surrey Police H.Q 
01483 630007 
           
 
 
                                            30th March 2011 
 
Dear Dr Levy 
 
Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 165-08-647 
 
 
On 11th December 2008 you made a Freedom of Information request to Surrey Police 
and were provided with the response on 19th July 2010.   On 30th July 2010 you 
requested us to review that response and a month later you provided supplementary 
information.   I can advise you that the Surrey Police FOI Appeals and Complaints 
Panel has now completed its review. 
 
Your request states: 
 
I am writing to request an internal review of the Surrey Police's handling of my 
FOI request 'Anthrax or White Powder Hoaxes using the Mails in 2003'. 
 
The appeals panel have reviewed your request and the original decision made by the 
Information Access Team.  The reasons they have provided to you in support of their 
decision outline their response to each part of your request.  Having considered these 
reasons and their application to the constituent parts of your request we find that the 
Freedom of Information Act has been applied correctly. 
 
The paned did find that time taken to carry out both the initial response and the 
internal review were both in excess of the statutory time limit to respond to you. We 
apologise on behalf of Surrey Police for that breach of the legislation and any 
inconvenience that may have caused. 
 
If you are not satisfied with our response please refer to our review procedure (copy 
enclosed) for further information on what to do next. 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
Surrey Police FOI Appeals and Complaints Committee 
 
Surrey Police,  P.O.  Box 101, Guildford, GU1 9PE 
Tel  01483 630007   Fax 01483 634911 Email  [email address]  Website  www.surrey.police.uk 

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