Communication between DCSF & other departments on Phorm/121Media

Steve Hankin made this Freedom of Information request to Department for Children, Schools and Families

Department for Children, Schools and Families did not have the information requested.

From: Steve Hankin

25 April 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please provide all correspondence between the DCSF and other
Government Departments (BERR/Home Office/DCMS/Cabinet Office/Prime
Ministers Office) concerning Phorm or their previous company name
'121Media' since 1 January 2006.

This request refers to all communication related or unrelated to
the application by Phorm to become a member of the UK CCIS.

Yours faithfully,

Steve Hankin

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Department for Children, Schools and Families

27 April 2009

Dear Mr Hankin

Thank you for your recent email. A reply will be sent to you as soon as
possible. For information, the departmental standard for correspondence
received is that responses should be sent within 20 working days as you
are requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your correspondence has been allocated the reference number
2009/0037768.

Thank you.

Central Allocation Team

Public Communications Team

Tel: 0870 0002288
www.dcsf.gov.uk

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Department for Children, Schools and Families

11 May 2009

Dear Mr Hankin,
Thank you for your request for information, which was received on 25 April
2009. You requested that we provide all correspondence between the DCSF
and other Government Departments (BERR/Home Office/DCMS/Cabinet
Office/Prime Ministers Office) concerning Phorm or their previous company
name'121Media' since 1 January 2006. I have dealt with your request under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ("the Act").

The Department is unable to confirm whether it holds the information you
have requested, because it estimates that the cost of determining whether
it holds the information would exceed the cost threshold applicable to
central Government. This is -L-600 and represents the estimated cost of
one person spending 3 1/2 working days in determining whether this
Department and the others mentioned in the request hold the information.

Under section 12 of the Act the Department is therefore not obliged to
comply with your request and will not be processing it further.

However, if you were to make a new request for a narrower category of
information or limit the scope of your request (for instance by reduce the
number of government departments in the request), the Department may be
able to comply with your request within the cost limit, although I cannot
guarantee that this will be the case.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you should
make a complaint to the Department by writing to me within two calendar
months of the date of this letter. Your complaint will be considered by
an independent review panel, who were not involved in the original
consideration of your request.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint to the
Department, you may then contact the Information Commissioner's Office
Yours sincerely,

James Ashbridge
Child Safety Unit
[email address]
[1]www.dcsf.gov.uk

Your correspondence has been allocated the reference number 2009/0037768.

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Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
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Department for Children, Schools and Families

11 May 2009

Dear Mr Hankin,
Thank you for your request for information, which was received on 25 April
2009. You requested that we provide all correspondence between the DCSF
and other Government Departments (BERR/Home Office/DCMS/Cabinet
Office/Prime Ministers Office) concerning Phorm or their previous company
name'121Media' since 1 January 2006. I have dealt with your request under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ("the Act").

The Department is unable to confirm whether it holds the information you
have requested, because it estimates that the cost of determining whether
it holds the information would exceed the cost threshold applicable to
central Government. This is -L-600 and represents the estimated cost of
one person spending 3 1/2 working days in determining whether this
Department and the others mentioned in the request hold the information.

Under section 12 of the Act the Department is therefore not obliged to
comply with your request and will not be processing it further.

However, if you were to make a new request for a narrower category of
information or limit the scope of your request (for instance by reduce the
number of government departments in the request), the Department may be
able to comply with your request within the cost limit, although I cannot
guarantee that this will be the case.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you should
make a complaint to the Department by writing to me within two calendar
months of the date of this letter. Your complaint will be considered by
an independent review panel, who were not involved in the original
consideration of your request.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint to the
Department, you may then contact the Information Commissioner's Office.
Yours sincerely,

James Ashbridge
Child Safety Unit
[email address]
[1]www.dcsf.gov.uk

Your correspondence has been allocated the reference number 2009/0037768.

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Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
recorded for legal purposes.

References

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1. http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/

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From: Steve Hankin

11 May 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Re reference number 2009/0037768.

Please limit the FOI request to communication between the Home
Office and DCSF.

Yours sincerely,

Steve Hankin

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Department for Children, Schools and Families

12 May 2009

Dear Mr Hankin

Thank you for your recent email. A reply will be sent to you as soon as possible. For information, the departmental standard for correspondence received is that responses should be sent within 20 working days as you are requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your correspondence has been allocated the reference number 2009/0042698.

Thank you.

Central Allocation Team

Public Communications Team

Tel: 0870 0002288
www.dcsf.gov.uk

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Department for Children, Schools and Families

22 May 2009

Dear Mr Hankin,
Thank you for your request for information, which was received on 11 May
2009. You requested that we provide all correspondence between the DCSF
and the Home Office concerning Phorm or their previous company
name'121Media' since 1 January 2006. I have dealt with your request under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Following a search of the paper and electronic records of this department
and the Home Office, I have established that there has been no
correspondence between the two departments on this subject during your
specified timeframe.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you should
make a complaint to the Department by writing to me within two calendar
months of the date of this letter. Your complaint will be considered by
an independent review panel, who were not involved in the original
consideration of your request.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint to the
Department, you may then contact the Information Commissioner's
Office.
Yours sincerely,

James Ashbridge
Child Safety Unit
[email address]
[1]www.dcsf.gov.uk

Your correspondence has been allocated the reference number 2009/0042698.

show quoted sections

Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
recorded for legal purposes.

References

Visible links
1. http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/

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