Information Access Team

Information Management Service

Room No: 4th Floor, Seacole Buidling, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF

Fax 0207 035 0739 Direct Line 0207 035 4252

E-mail [email address] www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Our Ref 11344

Your Ref

Date 27 March 2009

Dear Mr Cooper

I am writing further to my correspondence of 5^th March 2009 regarding your information request dated 27^th February 2009

After a thorough search of the Home Office, UK Border Agency, Criminal Records Bureau and the Identity and Passport Agency's records, I regret to inform you that the Home Office does not hold the information that you have requested. The reason for this is that the Home Office passed over responsibility for the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man to the Ministry of Justice some years ago. Therefore for answers to your request for information you may want to contact either the Ministry of Justice or alternately the Department of Communities and Local Government who were responsible for passing the civil partnerships act into UK law.

You can contact the Ministry of Justice either via email at this address

[email address]

or via the post at

Ministry of Justice
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
United Kingdom

Alternately you can contact Department of Communities and Local Government either via email at this address

[email address]

or via the post at

Communities and Local Government
Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DU

I realise that this response may be a disappointment to you. However I would like to assure you that a thorough search was conducted and that I am confident that we no longer hold the information that you asked for.

Yours sincerely

Martin Riddle

Information Access Consultant

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ANNEX A

If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request by submitting your complaint within two months to the below address quoting reference 11344:

Information Rights Team
Information Management Service
Home Office
4th Floor, Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

Email: [email address]

During the independent review the department's handling of your information request will be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this response. Should you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you will have a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.

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The Constitution Unit, a research body at University College London, is carrying out an independent evaluative study of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in co-operation with a number of public authorities, including the Home Office. An important part of the evaluation process is gathering the experiences and opinions of FOI requesters like you. Any information you provide will be handled in accordance with the privacy policy explained in the survey.

If you would like to take part in this study, please click the following link to be taken directly to the survey http://tinyurl.com/58zq2f Or, if you prefer, contact Ben Worthy at [email address] or on 020 7679 4974 to ask more about the study.

If you have filled this survey out before, UCL invite you to fill it out again in light of the recent response to your request.

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WORKING TOGETHER TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC

Mr W Cooper

[FOI #8520 email]