Mr William Thackery

Our Ref: ITG 58089 and ITG 57959


Dear Mr Thackery,

Freedom of  Information Act 2000 (the Act) - time complaint.

Thank you for your e-mail dated 23 March in which you requested that we carry out an internal review into the length of time it took to respond to your request for information as you felt that we exceeded the 20 working day statutory deadline.

Your request has been passed to me to investigate.

I have completed my review and can confirm that we did respond to your requests within the 20 working day statutory deadline set out in the Act. 

On 3 February 2009 - You sent a request to the Customer Services of CSHQ for Scientology gifts (attached as an Annex).

On 9 February 2009 - Mr Lance Holden in HMCS responded to your request - he confirmed that your request was too costly and was been refused on cost grounds (letter attached).

On 16 February 2009 - You refined your request - attached to Annex.

On  6 March 2009 - Mr Luigi Leo wrote to you letter attached.

All our responses to your requests were handled within the 20 working day deadline; I am therefore satisfied that we did respond to your requests within statutory deadlines.

I trust that this answers your request for a review but if you are not satisfied with this response you have a further right to ask the Information Commissioner to review my decision, who can be contacted at the following address:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

E-mail: HYPERLINK "http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/"www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

 

If you have any queries concerning this review please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Yours Sincerely,

 

 

Michael Evans
Senior Reviews & Appeals Officer
Data Access & Compliance Unit
Floor 1, Zone C, Mail point 1.41
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ.

DX 152380
Westminster 8

Tel:- 020 3334 3237
Fax:- 020 3334 3245

ANNEX

-----Original Message-----
From: William Thackeray
[mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx]
Sent: 03 February 2009 16:11
To: Customer Services (CSHQ)
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Scientology gifts


     Dear Sir or Madam,

     Please provide a list of all gifts, hospitality or donations
     supplied to HMCS by Scientology organisations, over the past 5
     years.

     Thank you for your time and attention.

     Yours faithfully,

     William Thackeray.

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--Original Message-----

From: William Thackeray

[mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx]

Sent: 16 February 2009 14:28

To: Holden, Lance

Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Scientology gifts

 

Dear Lance,

Thank you for your help so far.

I would like to restrict my request to the following courts: High

Court of Justice, Court of Appeal, SHERIFFDOM OF GRAMPIAN HIGHLAND

AND ISLANDS AT ABERDEEN, LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE

I would also like to take this opportunity to add that by

'Scientology organisations', I mean organisations which promote,

recruit members for, or raise money for, Church of Scientology

Religious Education College Inc (a US corporation which has been

denied charitable status in the UK).

To the best of my knowledge a list of such organisations would

include:

Jive Aces / Church of Scientology Inc / Greenfields School /

Greenfields Educational Trust / Hubbard Foundation / ABLE / Applied

Scholastics International / Narconon / Criminon / The Way to

Happiness Foundation International / Church of Scientology

Religious Education College Inc / Office of Special Affairs (OSA) /

Sea Org / Youth for Human Rights International / Citizens

Commission on Human Rights (United Kingdom) Ltd

Yours sincerely,

William Thackeray

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