Contact with Westminster City Council

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27th August 2009

Case Reference Number IRQ0266525

Dear Mr Tweedy

Thank you for your correspondence dated 27 August 2009.

Your request is being dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.  We will respond by 25 September 2009 which is 20
working days from the day after we received your request (allowing for
August bank holiday).

If you wish to add further information or evidence to your case please
reply to this email, being careful not to amend the information in the
‘subject’ field. This will ensure that the information is added
directly to your case. However, please be aware that this is an automated
process; the information will not be read by a member of our staff until
your case is allocated to a request handler.

Yours sincerely

Iman Elmehdawy

Assistant Internal Compliance Manager

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http://www.ico.gov.uk or email: [email address]
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545 700 Fax: 01625 524 510

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11th September 2009

Case Reference Number IRQ0266525

Dear Mr Tweedy

I write further to your request for information concerning contact with
Westminster City Council.  As you are aware your request has been dealt
wit in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Request

Your request asked:

Could you please tell me how many times the ICO has been in contact
with Westminster City Council regarding late replies (after 20
days) to FOI requests and reiteration of the FOI law since August
2008, both informal and formal?

Could you please also tell me how many (if any) times Westminster
City Council have been contacted by the ICO for late replies to
FOI's relating specifically to motorcycle parking?

Information Held

I can confirm that in the time period specific we have written to
Westminster City Council on three occasions in relation to compliance with
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  Two of these were concerning
responses being sent outside the 20 day statutory time for response but
neither were concerning information relating to motorcycle parking.  Both
these letters were sent at the initial stage of the complaint and did not
result in a decision notice.

For information all decision notices are published on our website and you
can search by public authority.  Although outside the scope of the Act to
date two decision notices have been served on Westminster City Council.
The decision notices can be found at
[2]http://www.ico.gov.uk/tools_and_resource...

I hope this information is of help and assistance.  If however, you are
dissatisfied with the response you have received and wish to request a
review of our decision or make a complaint about how your request has been
handled you should write to the Internal Compliance Team at the address
below or e-mail [3][email address]

Your request for internal review should be submitted to us within 40
working days of receipt by you of this response. Any such request
received after this time will only be considered at the discretion of the
Commissioner.

If having exhausted the review process you are not content that your
request or review has been dealt with correctly, you have a further right
of appeal to this office in our capacity as the statutory complaint
handler under the legislation.  To make such an application, please write
to the Case Reception Team, at the address below or visit the
‘Complaints’ section of our website to make a Freedom of Information
Act or Environmental Information Regulations complaint online.

 

A copy of our review procedure is attached.

Yours sincerely

Charlotte Powell

Internal Compliance Manager

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http://www.ico.gov.uk or email: [email address]
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545 700 Fax: 01625 524 510

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