Barrier Busting

Harold Callahan made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Energy and Climate Change

The request was successful.

From: Harold Callahan

22 August 2011

Dear Department of Energy and Climate Change,

I am very interested in the impact of the Barrier Busting website.
See below for link.

(http://barrierbusting.communities.gov.uk/)

I would like to know the following information about the
involvement of the Department's officials in the Barrier Busting
programme.

1) Number of meetings attended by officials of the department about
the Barrier Busting programme.
2) Number of suggestions submitted to the site and directed to
officials of the department by officials of Department for
Communities and Local Government.
3) Number of suggestions submitted to the site that have been the
subject of submissions to ministers of the department, or referred
to in submissions to ministers of the department.

The time period of this request is from 1 May 2010 to the date of
this request.

Yours faithfully,

Harold Callahan

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23 August 2011

DECC Ref: 11/1101

Dear Mr Callahan,

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 22 August
2011. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at the
Department of Energy and Climate Change to deal with.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be responded at the latest by 20 September
2011.

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From: Meechan Tom (CD)

27 October 2011

Dear Mr Callahan

Thank you for your FOI request to the Department of Energy and Climate
Change regarding DCLG’s Barrier Busting programme.

I will respond to each of your questions in turn as follows:

 1. we are aware of one meeting involving DCLG and DECC officials where
the Barrier Busting programme was discussed,
 2. we have dealt with two requests from DCLG officials in relation to
the Barrier Busting programme,
 3. There have been no submissions put to DECC Ministers on suggestions
submitted to the Barrier Busting website.

I'm sorry for the delay in replying.

Yours sincerely

Tom Meechan | Information Rights Unit | Department for Business,
Innovation & Skills | [1][email address] |  [2]www.bis.gov.uk

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