Dear Sir or Madam,

Please could you provide me with a copy of all the Designated
Public Place Orders made by your authority under sections 12 to 16
of the Police and Criminal Justice Act 2001 and which are currently
in force, together with a copy of any maps which show the extent of
the the area covered by each order?

Yours faithfully,

Dear Mr Ashby,

Thank you for your email dated 22 July 2008

I understand your request to be for copies of Designated Public Place
Orders and any maps which accompany these.

Your request is being considered and if the information is held you will
receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20
working days as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject
to the information not being exempt.

If the time taken to meet your request is likely to exceed 18 hours, we
will contact you and ask you amend your request to bring it below this
time limit. We will assist you with suggestions of how this might be
achieved.

I may also contact you if the request needs to be clarified; this is to
ensure that we provide you with the information you require.

Please note that some information you have requested may not be provided
to you; this will only be information that can be withheld by law. In
most cases the reasons will be explained to you along with your copy of
any information that can be released to you.

Yours sincerely,
Tim Rodgers
Information Governance Manager
Legal Services
Chief Executives Department
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Phone: 0207 364 4354
Fax: 0207 364 4804
E-mail: [email address]
Website: http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
6th Floor, Town Hall, 5 Mulberry Place,
London E14 2BG

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please could you provide me with a copy of all the Designated
Public Place Orders made by your authority under sections 12 to 16
of the Police and Criminal Justice Act 2001 and which are currently
in force, together with a copy of any maps which show the extent of
the the area covered by each order?

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Dear Mr Rogers,

On 22 July 2008 I made the following request to you under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000:

"Please could you provide me with a copy of all the Designated
Public Place Orders made by your authority under sections 12 to 16
of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 and which are currently
in force, together with a copy of any maps which show the extent of
the the area covered by each order?"

On 29 July you sent me an acknowledgement. I should have received a
substantive reply to my request by 20 August, 20 working days after
my request was made. As yet I have not received such a reply.

Can you please reply to my original request? If you are not able to
provide me with the information that I asked for immediately,
please provide me with an estimate of when you will be able to
supply the information, as well as an explanation of the delay.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Yours sincerely,

Matt Ashby

Dear Mr Ashby,

Can I apologise for the late response on this request. I can confirm
that there are 2 Controlled Drinking Zones in the London Borough of
Tower Hamlets and I will provide the maps as soon as officers have
furnished me with them,

Thanks,
Tim Rodgers
Information Governance Manager
Legal Services
Chief Executives Department
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Phone: 0207 364 4354
[mobile number]
Fax: 0207 364 4804
E-mail: [email address]
Website: http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
6th Floor, Town Hall, 5 Mulberry Place,
London E14 2BG

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Dear Mr Rodgers,

Regarding my request, have you received the documents from the
relevant officers? If not, do you know when you will receive them?

Yours sincerely,

Matt Ashby

I have received documents from officers, and have drafted the response.
Upon review this will be released to you.

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Dear Mr Rodgers,

I have still not received a reply to my request for information,
submitted on 22 July. By law I should have received this
information by 20 August. I reminded you of this on 21 and 27 of
August, and yet I have still not received the information I
requested.

You wrote to me on 27 August to state that you had the information
I requested but that it needed to be 'reviewed' before being
released. You have had over six weeks to find and review this
information.

Please send me the information that I have requested immediately.
If you do not do so then I see little alternative but to make a
complaint to the chief executive of your authority.

Yours sincerely,

Matt Ashby

Your request for information dated 22 July 2008 has been considered
under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and the
information is attached

If you have any queries please get in touch with me to discuss them.
You might like to know that the Council's website
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk <http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/> contains a
section on the Freedom of Information Act that lists other publications
readily available from the Council under its Publication Scheme.

Yours sincerely,

Tim Rodgers
Information Governance Manager

Legal Services
Chief Executives Department
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Phone: 0207 364 4354
[mobile number]
Fax: 0207 364 4804
E-mail: [email address]
<mailto:[email address]>
Website: http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
6th Floor, Town Hall, 5 Mulberry Place,
London E14 2BG

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