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Cypripedium committee
Susan Davis made this Freedom of Information request to Natural England
The request was successful.
From: Susan Davis
5 February 2010
Dear Natural England,
Please could you release all information which you are able to
release in relation to the Cypripedium committee, and Natural
England's participation in it (as well as that of your predecessor
bodies), including copies of any minutes of the committee's
meetings.
Naturally, given the conservation status of Cypripedium calceolus,
I would expect you to take care over the selection of information
to be released, and to redact any information which may endanger
the species' conservation status if released.
Yours faithfully,
Susan Davis
From: Heathcote, Ben (NE)
Natural England
8 February 2010
<<Acknowledgement.pdf>>
Dear Ms Davis
Please find attached our formal acknowledgement of your request for
information.
Regards,
Ben Heathcote
Ben Heathcote
Knowledge Management and Information Services
Natural England
The Quadrant, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8NZ
[1][email address]
0300 060 0846
07825 114 176
I have access to audio and video conferencing and so I can reduce my
carbon footprint, I will only travel to a meeting if I can be sure it will
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From: Heathcote, Ben (NE)
Natural England
2 March 2010
<<Extension.pdf>>
Dear Ms Davis
Please see the attached letter concerning your request for information.
Regards,
Ben Heathcote
Ben Heathcote
Knowledge Management and Information Services
Natural England
The Quadrant, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8NZ
[1][email address]
0300 060 0846
07825 114 176
I have access to audio and video conferencing and so I can reduce my
carbon footprint, I will only travel to a meeting if I can be sure it will
achieve a better outcome than a virtual meeting. Dial 0800 5285280;
access code 8092069#.
Natural England is here to conserve and enhance the natural environment
for its intrinsic value, the wellbeing and enjoyment of people and the
economic prosperity that it brings.
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you have received it in error you have no authority to use, disclose, store
or copy any of its contents and you should destroy it and inform the sender.
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confirmed by a signed communication. Whilst this email and associated
attachments will have been checked for known viruses whilst within the
Natural England systems, we can accept no responsibility once it has left
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From: Susan Davis
2 March 2010
Dear Ben,
Many thanks for keeping me up to date with the progress of my
request.
Susan
From: Heathcote, Ben (NE)
Natural England
31 March 2010
Dear Ms Davis
Please can you provide an up to date postal correspondence address, as the
information requested is in hard copy.
In order to protect your privacy, this should not be done through the
WhatDoTheyKnow website, as correspondence is published to the website. My
contact details are below. I am aware that WhatDoTheyKnow often erase
email addresses - if this has occurred please contact our Enquiry service
via the email address on the page linked below to provide this address.
Please use the subject line "FAO Ben Heathcote - RFI #662".
[1]http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/about_u...
Regards,
Ben Heathcote
Ben Heathcote
Knowledge Management and Information Services
Natural England
The Quadrant, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8NZ
[2][email address]
0300 060 0846
07825 114 176
I have access to audio and video conferencing and so I can reduce my
carbon footprint, I will only travel to a meeting if I can be sure it will
achieve a better outcome than a virtual meeting. Dial 0800 5285280;
access code 8092069#.
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for its intrinsic value, the wellbeing and enjoyment of people and the
economic prosperity that it brings.
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you have received it in error you have no authority to use, disclose, store
or copy any of its contents and you should destroy it and inform the sender.
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confirmed by a signed communication. Whilst this email and associated
attachments will have been checked for known viruses whilst within the
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From: Susan Davis
31 March 2010
Dear Ben,
Please could you arrange for the information to be scanned and
emailed (across multiple emails if necessary) at the WhatDoTheyKnow
site?
Thanks,
Susan Davis
From: Heathcote, Ben (NE)
Natural England
6 April 2010
<<Response.pdf>> <<Minutes 2009 - 1995.pdf>>
Dear Ms Davis
Please see the attached response to your request for information. A
second email will follow with a further attachment.
Regards,
Ben Heathcote
Ben Heathcote
Systems, Knowledge, and Information
Natural England
The Quadrant, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8NZ
[1][email address]
0300 060 0846
07825 114 176
I have access to audio and video conferencing and so I can reduce my
carbon footprint, I will only travel to a meeting if I can be sure it will
achieve a better outcome than a virtual meeting. Dial 0800 5285280;
access code 8092069#.
Natural England is here to conserve and enhance the natural environment
for its intrinsic value, the wellbeing and enjoyment of people and the
economic prosperity that it brings.
This email and any attachments is intended for the named recipient only. If
you have received it in error you have no authority to use, disclose, store
or copy any of its contents and you should destroy it and inform the sender.
Nothing in the email amounts to a legal commitment on our part unless
confirmed by a signed communication. Whilst this email and associated
attachments will have been checked for known viruses whilst within the
Natural England systems, we can accept no responsibility once it has left
our systems. Communications on Natural England systems may be monitored
and/or recorded to secure the effective operation of the system and for
other lawful purposes.
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From: Heathcote, Ben (NE)
Natural England
6 April 2010
<<Minutes 1994 - 1979.pdf>>
Ben Heathcote
Systems, Knowledge, and Information
Natural England
The Quadrant, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8NZ
[1][email address]
0300 060 0846
07825 114 176
I have access to audio and video conferencing and so I can reduce my
carbon footprint, I will only travel to a meeting if I can be sure it will
achieve a better outcome than a virtual meeting. Dial 0800 5285280;
access code 8092069#.
Natural England is here to conserve and enhance the natural environment
for its intrinsic value, the wellbeing and enjoyment of people and the
economic prosperity that it brings.
This email and any attachments is intended for the named recipient only. If
you have received it in error you have no authority to use, disclose, store
or copy any of its contents and you should destroy it and inform the sender.
Nothing in the email amounts to a legal commitment on our part unless
confirmed by a signed communication. Whilst this email and associated
attachments will have been checked for known viruses whilst within the
Natural England systems, we can accept no responsibility once it has left
our systems. Communications on Natural England systems may be monitored
and/or recorded to secure the effective operation of the system and for
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From: Susan Davis
6 April 2010
Dear Ben,
Many thanks for your replies, and the information contained.
I am satisfied that the redactions have been done fairly and
responsibly.
I am comfortable with your decision to limit the release to
post-1979 information only. I note that you have not been able to
locate minutes of some post-1979 meetings. Do you know if there are
other public bodies who may have copies of these?
Looking at the minutes, some of them make reference to other
documents, e.g. annual reports on the 'wild site'. Could you tell
me if copies of these, or any other documents in scope of my
request, but not released so far, are held by Natural England? If
so, will you be able to supply copies?
Yours sincerely,
Susan Davis
From: Heathcote, Ben (NE)
Natural England
9 April 2010
<<Invitation to narrow down new request.pdf>>
Dear Ms Davis
Please see the attached regarding your request for information.
Regards,
Ben Heathcote
Ben Heathcote
Systems, Knowledge, and Information
Natural England
The Quadrant, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8NZ
[1][email address]
0300 060 0846
07825 114 176
I have access to audio and video conferencing and so I can reduce my
carbon footprint, I will only travel to a meeting if I can be sure it will
achieve a better outcome than a virtual meeting. Dial 0800 5285280;
access code 8092069#.
Natural England is here to conserve and enhance the natural environment
for its intrinsic value, the wellbeing and enjoyment of people and the
economic prosperity that it brings.
This email and any attachments is intended for the named recipient only. If
you have received it in error you have no authority to use, disclose, store
or copy any of its contents and you should destroy it and inform the sender.
Nothing in the email amounts to a legal commitment on our part unless
confirmed by a signed communication. Whilst this email and associated
attachments will have been checked for known viruses whilst within the
Natural England systems, we can accept no responsibility once it has left
our systems. Communications on Natural England systems may be monitored
and/or recorded to secure the effective operation of the system and for
other lawful purposes.
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From: Susan Davis
9 April 2010
Dear Ben,
Thank you very much for your helpful reply. Could I narrow down my
request as follows:
Please could you release copies of any "Wild Site reports" (as
referred to in the Cypripedium committee minutes) which NE holds.
As before, I appreciate that a redaction exercise will need to take
place.
Should this request exceed the 18 hour limit, I am happy for you to
apply the same method you used for my previous request, i.e. to
release the most recent reports only, back to the oldest report
that you can release while remaining within the limit.
Yours sincerely,
Susan Davis
From: Heathcote, Ben (NE)
Natural England
9 April 2010
I am currently out of the office until Monday 19th March 2010. This email
is not being forwarded.
If you are requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act,
the Environmental Information Regulations, or the Data Protection Act,
please forward your enquiry to:
[email address]
Natural England will begin processing your request once it is received by
that address. Any other query will be picked up on my return.
If your query is resolved before I return, I would be grateful if you
would recall it from my mailbox.
This email and any attachments is intended for the named recipient only. If
you have received it in error you have no authority to use, disclose, store
or copy any of its contents and you should destroy it and inform the sender.
Nothing in the email amounts to a legal commitment on our part unless
confirmed by a signed communication. Whilst this email and associated
attachments will have been checked for known viruses whilst within the
Natural England systems, we can accept no responsibility once it has left
our systems. Communications on Natural England systems may be monitored
and/or recorded to secure the effective operation of the system and for
other lawful purposes.
From: Heathcote, Ben (NE)
Natural England
5 May 2010
<<Cypripedium Report 2009.pdf>> <<Response.pdf>>
Dear Ms Davis
Please see the attached regarding your request for information.
Regards,
Ben Heathcote
Ben Heathcote
Systems, Knowledge, and Information
Natural England
The Quadrant, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8NZ
[1][email address]
0300 060 0846
07825 114 176
I have access to audio and video conferencing and so I can reduce my
carbon footprint, I will only travel to a meeting if I can be sure it will
achieve a better outcome than a virtual meeting. Dial 0800 5285280;
access code 8092069#.
Natural England is here to conserve and enhance the natural environment
for its intrinsic value, the wellbeing and enjoyment of people and the
economic prosperity that it brings.
This email and any attachments is intended for the named recipient only. If
you have received it in error you have no authority to use, disclose, store
or copy any of its contents and you should destroy it and inform the sender.
Nothing in the email amounts to a legal commitment on our part unless
confirmed by a signed communication. Whilst this email and associated
attachments will have been checked for known viruses whilst within the
Natural England systems, we can accept no responsibility once it has left
our systems. Communications on Natural England systems may be monitored
and/or recorded to secure the effective operation of the system and for
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From: Susan Davis
5 May 2010
Dear Ben,
Many thanks for your reply. I take your point about the useful of
sections of the document which are largely redacted, but there are
some sections which are still largely intact - for instance the
visitor section only appears to have place names and personal data
removed, and so is quite intelligible. If it's OK, I'd like to
proceed with my request for the reports from earlier years. Please
feel free to apply blanket redaction of any tabular data if that
will save your staff some time.
Yours sincerely,
Susan Davis
From: Heathcote, Ben (NE)
Natural England
14 May 2010
<<Acknowledgement.pdf>>
Dear Ms Davis
Please see the attached regarding your request for information.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Heathcote
Ben Heathcote
Systems, Knowledge, and Information
Natural England
The Quadrant, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8NZ
[1][email address]
0300 060 0846
07825 114 176
I have access to audio and video conferencing and so I can reduce my
carbon footprint, I will only travel to a meeting if I can be sure it will
achieve a better outcome than a virtual meeting. Dial 0800 5285280;
access code 8092069#.
Natural England is here to conserve and enhance the natural environment
for its intrinsic value, the wellbeing and enjoyment of people and the
economic prosperity that it brings.
This email and any attachments is intended for the named recipient only. If
you have received it in error you have no authority to use, disclose, store
or copy any of its contents and you should destroy it and inform the sender.
Nothing in the email amounts to a legal commitment on our part unless
confirmed by a signed communication. Whilst this email and associated
attachments will have been checked for known viruses whilst within the
Natural England systems, we can accept no responsibility once it has left
our systems. Communications on Natural England systems may be monitored
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From: Heathcote, Ben (NE)
Natural England
1 June 2010
<<Extension.pdf>>
Dear Ms Davis
Please see the attached regarding your request for information.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Heathcote
Ben Heathcote
Systems, Knowledge, and Information
Natural England
The Quadrant, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8NZ
[1][email address]
0300 060 0846
07825 114 176
I have access to audio and video conferencing and so I can reduce my
carbon footprint, I will only travel to a meeting if I can be sure it will
achieve a better outcome than a virtual meeting. Dial 0800 5285280;
access code 8092069#.
Natural England is here to conserve and enhance the natural environment
for its intrinsic value, the wellbeing and enjoyment of people and the
economic prosperity that it brings.
This email and any attachments is intended for the named recipient only. If
you have received it in error you have no authority to use, disclose, store
or copy any of its contents and you should destroy it and inform the sender.
Nothing in the email amounts to a legal commitment on our part unless
confirmed by a signed communication. Whilst this email and associated
attachments will have been checked for known viruses whilst within the
Natural England systems, we can accept no responsibility once it has left
our systems. Communications on Natural England systems may be monitored
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From: Susan Davis
1 June 2010
Dear Ben,
Thanks for your update. The extension is fine - I appreciate the
time your staff are putting into dealing with my request.
Yours,
Susan
From: Heathcote, Ben (NE)
Natural England
1 July 2010
<<Orchid.zip>> <<Response.pdf>>
Dear Ms Davis
Please see the attached regarding your request for information.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Heathcote
Ben Heathcote
Adviser
Systems, Knowledge, & Information
Natural England
The Quadrant, Newburn Riverside
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 8NZ
Tel: 0300 060 0846 / [mobile number]
Fax: 0300 060 2302
GC Access Code: 8092069#
[1]www.naturalengland.org.uk
We are here to secure a healthy natural environment for people to enjoy,
where wildlife is protected and England's traditional landscapes are
safeguarded for future generations.
In an effort to reduce Natural England's carbon footprint, I will,
wherever possible, avoid travelling to meetings and attend via audio,
video or web conferencing.
This email and any attachments is intended for the named recipient only. If
you have received it in error you have no authority to use, disclose, store
or copy any of its contents and you should destroy it and inform the sender.
Nothing in the email amounts to a legal commitment on our part unless
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From: Susan Davis
1 July 2010
Dear Ben,
Many thanks for this further information. I notice that these
reports are all quite old, and in my earlier email (copied below) I
asked whether you could start from the most recent reports first if
it was not possible to supply all of them within the 18 hour limit.
It looks as though this part of the request may have been missed by
the person preparing the redacted versions of the reports, do you
agree? I'm not sure what the correct way forward is under the
regulations in these circumstances and would look to you for your
advice on that.
Yours,
Susan Davis
Dear Ben,
Thank you very much for your helpful reply. Could I narrow down my
request as follows:
Please could you release copies of any "Wild Site reports" (as
referred to in the Cypripedium committee minutes) which NE holds.
As before, I appreciate that a redaction exercise will need to take
place.
Should this request exceed the 18 hour limit, I am happy for you to
apply the same method you used for my previous request, i.e. to
release the most recent reports only, back to the oldest report
that you can release while remaining within the limit.
Yours sincerely,
Susan Davis
From: Heathcote, Ben (NE)
Natural England
2 July 2010
Dear Ms Davis
Apologies for any misunderstanding of my response letter sent yesterday.
Due to a malfunctioning scanner, the reports attached to yesterday's
response were the only reports we were able to provide digitally by the
deadline set under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Within
the 18 hours set by the fees regulation we have prepared the reports you
requested in the manner you have requested, starting from the most recent
and working backwards. The reports we have prepared for you are from 1978
- 2008. These exclude the years 1983 to1986 and 2002 to 2005 as these
cannot be located and we will be applying exception 12(4)(a) under the
Environmental Information Regulations 2004 when we provide you with the
remaining reports. This exception is applied when the public body does not
hold the information requested. As explained in my letter yesterday these
remaining reports are currently only available in hard copy but are ready
for you to receive.
In order to provide you with what was possible by the legal deadline, the
available digitised reports were sent out yesterday. As stated in the
attached letter, if you are prepared to receive the remaining reports in
hard copy, please contact our Enquiries Service at
[1][Natural England request email] providing a postal address with the
email marked FAO Ben Heathcote. If you do not wish to receive these
reports in hard copy, and would prefer digitised versions, Natural England
will continue to digitise the remaining reports when the scanning
equipment has been repaired, and these will be uploaded as soon as
possible. Please note that these reports will need to be uploaded in
batches due to the size of the attachment.
Please let me know how you wish to proceed.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Heathcote
Ben Heathcote
Adviser
Systems, Knowledge, & Information
Natural England
The Quadrant, Newburn Riverside
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 8NZ
Tel: 0300 060 0846 / [mobile number]
Fax: 0300 060 2302
GC Access Code: 8092069#
[2]www.naturalengland.org.uk
We are here to secure a healthy natural environment for people to enjoy,
where wildlife is protected and England's traditional landscapes are
safeguarded for future generations.
In an effort to reduce Natural England's carbon footprint, I will,
wherever possible, avoid travelling to meetings and attend via audio,
video or web conferencing.
This email and any attachments is intended for the named recipient only. If
you have received it in error you have no authority to use, disclose, store
or copy any of its contents and you should destroy it and inform the sender.
Nothing in the email amounts to a legal commitment on our part unless
confirmed by a signed communication. Whilst this email and associated
attachments will have been checked for known viruses whilst within the
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From: Susan Davis
2 July 2010
Hi Ben,
Many thanks for that, the situation is clearer now. I'm more than
happy to wait for the scanner to be repaired.
Thanks,
Susan
From: Heathcote, Ben (NE)
Natural England
5 July 2010
<<Final Response.pdf>> <<Orchids 78 - 08.zip>>
Dear Ms Davis
Please find attached our formal response to your request for information.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Heathcote
Ben Heathcote
Adviser
Systems, Knowledge, & Information
Natural England
The Quadrant, Newburn Riverside
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 8NZ
Tel: 0300 060 0846 / [mobile number]
Fax: 0300 060 2302
GC Access Code: 8092069#
[1]www.naturalengland.org.uk
We are here to secure a healthy natural environment for people to enjoy,
where wildlife is protected and England's traditional landscapes are
safeguarded for future generations.
In an effort to reduce Natural England's carbon footprint, I will,
wherever possible, avoid travelling to meetings and attend via audio,
video or web conferencing.
This email and any attachments is intended for the named recipient only. If
you have received it in error you have no authority to use, disclose, store
or copy any of its contents and you should destroy it and inform the sender.
Nothing in the email amounts to a legal commitment on our part unless
confirmed by a signed communication. Whilst this email and associated
attachments will have been checked for known viruses whilst within the
Natural England systems, we can accept no responsibility once it has left
our systems. Communications on Natural England systems may be monitored
and/or recorded to secure the effective operation of the system and for
other lawful purposes.
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From: Susan Davis
5 July 2010
Dear Ben,
Many thanks for your email: I have marked this request as complete
on the WDTK site. Please also pass on my thanks to your colleagues
for the hard work they've put in on this request.
Yours,
Susan
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