Air Quality - Southall gas pressure reduction proposal

From: [FOI #40484 email]
To: [Greater London Authority request email]
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Air Quality - Southall gas
pressure reduction proposal

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Dear Mr Henderson

Re: Request for information

I am writing regarding your request for information, which the GLA received on 1 July 2010. In that request, you asked us for;

"a copy of information relating to the Southall gas pressure reduction station proposal prepared by the GLA between June 2009 and March
2010".

This information may, in our view, be subject to the exemption at section 43 (2) of the Freedom of Information Act. The Act (ss.10(3) and 17(2)) allows public authorities to extend the period for responding to requests under the Act if information requested may be subject to exemptions and longer is needed to consider the public interest. I am writing to inform you that it will be necessary to extend the time limit to respond to your request beyond 20 working days. We expect to have made a decision in this matter by 26 August 2010, though if we are able to make a decision before then, we will contact you sooner.

Yours sincerely

Paul Robinson
Information Governance Officer

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From: [FOI #40484 email]
To: [Greater London Authority request email]
Subject: RE: MGLA050710-4217 Freedom of Information request - Air
Quality - Southall gas pressure reduction proposal

The Mayor would like to thank you for your interest in his work and he is
keen to answer your query as quickly and fully as possible. As you will
appreciate, he receives a very large amount of correspondence but he is
committed to responding to your query within 20 working days.

However, the Greater London Authority (GLA) will only respond to queries
that relate to its work and will refer relevant queries to the appropriate
functional body for them to reply. Transport related queries will be
referred to Transport for London (TfL).

Please note that the GLA does not accept unsolicited job applications or
CVs. Information on current vacancies is available on our website at:
[1]http://www.london.gov.uk/jobs

Thank you for taking the time to write to the Mayor of London, Boris
Johnson.

Yours truly

Public Liaison Unit

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From: [FOI #40484 email]
To: [Greater London Authority request email]
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Air
Quality - Southall gas pressure reduction proposal

The Mayor would like to thank you for your interest in his work and he is
keen to answer your query as quickly and fully as possible. As you will
appreciate, he receives a very large amount of correspondence but he is
committed to responding to your query within 20 working days.

However, the Greater London Authority (GLA) will only respond to queries
that relate to its work and will refer relevant queries to the appropriate
functional body for them to reply. Transport related queries will be
referred to Transport for London (TfL).

Please note that the GLA does not accept unsolicited job applications or
CVs. Information on current vacancies is available on our website at:
[1]http://www.london.gov.uk/jobs

Thank you for taking the time to write to the Mayor of London, Boris
Johnson.

Yours truly

Public Liaison Unit

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Dear Mr Henderson,

Thank you for your email of 26 September asking for an internal review of the GLA's handling of your FOI request.

I would like to apologise for the ongoing delay in providing you with a response. I will be conducting an internal review in accordance with the GLA's internal review procedure outlined at http://www.london.gov.uk/freedom-informa.... I aim to provide a full response as soon as possible and no later than 22 October.

In the mean time I will also chase the GLA officers dealing with your request to try and get a response to you as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely,

Albert Chan
Information Governance Manager
Greater London Authority
City Hall
London SE1 2AA

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Dear Mr Henderson,

Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to your request for information. Further to my email dated 29 July 2010, our response to your request is as follows:

Under the Environmental Information Regulations, can I request a copy of information relating to the Southall gas pressure reduction station proposal prepared by the GLA between June 2009 and March 2010.

Please find attached information relevant to your request.

Please note we shall be responding to your further email dated 26 September shortly.

If you have any further questions relating to this matter, please contact me, ensuring that you quote the reference at the top of this letter.

Yours sincerely

Paul Robinson
Information Governance Officer

If you are unhappy with the way the GLA has handled your request, you may complain using the complaints procedure, available at: http://www.london.gov.uk/freedom-informa...

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From: [FOI #40484 email]
To: [Greater London Authority request email]
Subject: RE: MGLA050710-4217 Freedom of Information request - Air
Quality - Southall gas pressure reduction proposal

The Mayor would like to thank you for your interest in his work and he is
keen to answer your query as quickly and fully as possible. As you will
appreciate, he receives a very large amount of correspondence but he is
committed to responding to your query within 20 working days.

However, the Greater London Authority (GLA) will only respond to queries
that relate to its work and will refer relevant queries to the appropriate
functional body for them to reply. Transport related queries will be
referred to Transport for London (TfL).

Please note that the GLA does not accept unsolicited job applications or
CVs. Information on current vacancies is available on our website at:
[1]http://www.london.gov.uk/jobs

Thank you for taking the time to write to the Mayor of London, Boris
Johnson.

Yours truly

Public Liaison Unit

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Dear Mr Henderson,

Please see attached response.

Yours sincerely,

Albert Chan
Information Governance Manager

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Dear Mr Henderson,

Thank you for your email dated 14 October 2010.

Our response to your request is as follows:

1. Can you confirm that the "briefing note for Isabel dedring Final 1.pdf" referred to in the email from Conor McDonagh to Isabel Dedring on 7/1/10 with the subject "Southall Gas works Blue-NG Briefing Paper" (on page 59 of the 79 page pdf file) is the "GLA- Blue-NG Air Quality Review Technical Note" with the footer Entec 7th December 2009 (on pages 48-55 of the 79 page pdf file). Or is this another document that has not been supplied under the request

The email attachment you refer to was not contained within the final email chain that was held on file and provided to you in response to your request. We could not provide you with the attachment at the time of your original request as we no longer held the original email. I am unable to confirm whether the attachment is the GLA-Ble-NG Air Quality Review Technical Note.

2. Can you please confirm when the briefing note was first sent to Isabel Dedring?

I am unable to confirm exactly when the briefing note was first presented to Isabel Dedring.

If you have any further questions relating to this matter, please contact me, ensuring that you quote the reference at the top of this email

Yours sincerely

Paul Robinson

Information Governance Officer

If you are unhappy with the way the GLA has handled your request, you may complain using the complaints procedure, available at: http://www.london.gov.uk/freedom-informa...

Dear Mayor of London,

Thank you for the information provided.

Please can you confirm that the "briefing note for Isabel dedring
Final 1.pdf" referred to in the email from Conor McDonagh to Isabel
Dedring on 7/1/10 with the subject "Southall Gas works Blue-NG
Briefing Paper" (on page 59 of the 79 page pdf file)

is the "GLA- Blue-NG Air Quality Review Technical Note" with the
footer Entec 7th December 2009 (on pages 48-55 of the 79 page pdf
file).

Or is this another document that has not been supplied under the
request ?

Can you please confirm when the briefing note was first sent to
Isabel Dedring ?

If you prefer, I could file this as a new request.

Yours sincerely,

T Henderson

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Dear Mr Henderson,

Following my response of 9 November 2010 I can confirm that the briefing note you refer to for Isabel Dedring has since been brought to my attention and is not the same as the briefing note to which you refer to on pages 48-55 of the 79 page pdf file which we disclosed to you. The briefing note itself was prepared by Blue NG and not the Greater London Authority so we would not have considered this attachment for disclosure under your original request for "information relating to the Southall gas pressure reduction station proposal prepared by the GLA between June 2009 and March 2010".

I hope that this delay to confirm this information and the inaccuracy contained within my previous correspondence of 9 November has not caused you any inconvenience. If you are unhappy with the way the GLA has handled your request, you may complain using the complaints procedure, available at: http://www.london.gov.uk/freedom-informa...

Yours sincerely

Paul Robinson
Information Governance Officer

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