Access to coroners report

Dear Mr McKay,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Information Request - 00271/10

We acknowledge receipt of your information request received on 22/03/10
which is being processed according to the Freedom of Information Act
(2000).

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Yours sincerely,

Information Governance Team
Hull City Council
[email address]
Tel: 01482 300300

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Dear Mr McKay

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Information Request - 271/10

With regard to your Freedom of Information request received on 22^nd March
2010. Please find our response below.

A Coroner's inquest into the apparent suicide of my Aunt was held

in January 2007 , my father was a key witness at the inquest , our

family would like to review the official report that Mr Geoffrey

Saul compiled , what is required for us to do this?

The Coroner for Hull, Mr Geoffrey Saul is not subject to enquiries under
the Freedom of Information Act. If you would like more information
regarding an inquest you would need to contact the Coroner directly and he
will deal with it independently. After speaking to Mr Saul, he has
requested that in order to process your query further; you send him a
formal letter at the address below. In this letter, he has asked that you
state your relationship to the deceased and the reason why you would like
the information. Mr Saul will then consider your request and get back to
you.

Mr Geoffrey Saul

Essex House

Manor Street

Hull

HU1 1YU

01482 300300

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non-commercial research or private study you are carrying out and for
purposes of news reporting.

We hope that you will be satisfied with our response and should you
require any further information then please do not hesitate to contact
us.

We are required to advise you that if you wish to complain about our
response in any way, then this should initially be done through the
Council's internal complaints procedure. Please contact Lynne Bird, Legal
Services, The Guildhall, Hull HU1 2AA to register your complaint. If you
are not satisfied with the outcome of the internal complaints procedure
then you may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office,
the government body established to enforce the legislation. Their details
are Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, telephone
01625 545 700, Email: [1][email address], web site
[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.

The Council's Freedom of Information Policy, which includes the charging
policy, is available on request and from the web site
[3]www.hullcc.gov.uk. Also available is a booklet on `Accessing
Information from Hull City Council' which explains how to request
information and your rights (according to the Data Protection Act 1998 and
The Freedom of Information Act 2000).

Regards

Information Governance Team

Hull City Council

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