Dear Sir or Madam,

I am stunned that the information provided by the Civil Service
Year Book is not freely available on-line in the manner that most
other non-secret government information is.

According to
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/official-publicat...
:

"The CSYB is published by a private company under the
superintendence of HMSO."

Please can you supply me with information about:

* the name and ownership of this private company;

* the nature and content of the contract between HMSO and this
private company, including an explanation of the level of
"superintendence";

* details of the financial accounts between HMSO and this private
company, including revenues from sales, the cost of purchases of
CSYB to other branches of government, and the value of services
provided to this publisher in kind.

Yours faithfully,

Julian Todd.

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Dear Julian Todd,

Thank you for your request for information which was received by The National Archives on 15 August 2008.

Under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000, and the Environmental Information Regulations, 2004, you have the right to:
· know whether we hold the information you require
· be provided with that information

The National Archives does not hold the information you have requested. This is because responsibility for the publication of the Civil Service Yearbook rests with the Cabinet Office and the Central Office of Information (COI). This has been the case since 2007. The National Archives will be amending its website to reflect this fact.

The Cabinet Office and the COI should be able to provide you with the information you require. Please write to them directly as we will not be forwarding this request.

If you are dissatisfied with any aspect of our response to your request for information and/or wish to appeal against information being withheld from you please send full details within two calendar months of the date of this letter to:

The Quality Manager
Public Services Development Unit
The National Archives
Kew, Richmond
Surrey TW9 4DU

You have the right to ask the Information Commissioner (ICO) to investigate any aspect of your complaint. Please note that the ICO is likely to expect internal complaints procedures to have been exhausted before beginning his investigation.

FOI Centre
The National Archives

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