Documents relating to same sex marriage

Nick Henderson made this Freedom of Information request to Department for Communities and Local Government

Waiting for an internal review by Department for Communities and Local Government of their handling of this request.

From: Nick Henderson

25 January 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

I would like to see any documents relating to same sex marriage -
specifically those that concern the debates or decisions of
ministers or civil servants to legislate for civil partnerships
rather than same sex marriage.

Yours faithfully,

Nick Henderson

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From: Enquiries GEO

19 February 2009

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Dear Nick Henderson,

Please see the attached response to your Freedom of Information Act request made via whatdotheyknow.com to the Department of Communities & Local Government on 25 January 2009, transferred to the Government Equalities Office which now leads on the issues that you raised.

John Moyer
Corporate Services
Government Equalities Office
www.equalities.gov.uk

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From: Nick Henderson

19 February 2009

Dear Enquiries GEO,

In light of your reply, I am happy to refine my request to cover
the following:

Minutes of meetings held before March 31st, 2004, from the relevant
unit where the legislation was led from, where the issue or concept
of same sex marriage was discussed

Respecting the £600 limit, I would be happy if I could recieve the
earliest possible minutes from what is outlined above, and then all
following minutes of meetings up untill the £600 limit has been
exhausted.

Could you also advise me if you are now able to take this new
request forward, or if I should submit a new FOI request to the
Equalities Office?

Yours sincerely,

Nick Henderson

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From: John Moyer

19 February 2009

Dear Nick Henderson

Thank you for your email refining your original request. You do not need to make a further request.

I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. You can expect a reply therefore by 19 March unless I need to come back to you to clarify your request or the balance of the public interest test needs to be considered.

If you have any queries about this , please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number FOI000015 in any future communications.

John Moyer
Corporate Services
Government Equalities Office

[email address]
(020 7944 0601)

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From: Nick Henderson

20 May 2009

Dear John Moyer,

For FOI000015 your rsponse is now 2 MONTHS overdue. Please respond
to my request immediatley.

Yours sincerely,

Nick Henderson

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From: John Moyer

20 May 2009

I am out of office until Tuesday 26 May (except for late afternoon on
Thursday 21st). Emails are not being forwarded.

Alternate contacts

Correspondence : [email address]
or David Vickery ext 0642, John Henry ext 0610

Corporate Services (Wed-Thurs) : [email address] ext 0841

thanks

John Moyer
Corporate Services
Government Equalities Office
(020 7944 0638)

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

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From: Nick Henderson

20 May 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Department for
Communities and Local Government's handling of my FOI request
'Documents relating to same sex marriage'.

By law my response was due by 23rd February, the department
notified me that I would recieve a response by 19th March. I was
happy to allow more time to the 19th March after the request was
transferred from the Equalities office to the Dept for Communities
and Local Goverment, and was happy to refine my request as you will
see to work within the terms of the Act.

It is now 20th May and I have recieved no response from you for
this FOI request. I believe you are now in breach of the law.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/do...

Yours sincerely,

Nick Henderson

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From: Juliet Tomlin
Department for Communities and Local Government

21 May 2009

Dear Mr Henderson

REQUEST FOR INTERNAL REVIEW

Thank you for your email of 20th May 2009 in which you seek a review of
the response provided by Government Equalities Office to your request for
information under the Freedom of Information Act.

The review will be considered Aunder the Department's internal review
procedures. A full re-evaluation of your request will be undertaken.

I will today allocate this request to an Internal Review Officer and you
should receive a reply by 18th June 2009.

Yours sincerely

Juliet Tomlin
Freedom of Information Advice Team
Communities and Local Government
020 7944 8226

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Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
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From: Nick Henderson

28 February 2010

Dear Juliet Tomlin,

I am still waiting on the results of the internal review. I was
told I would receive a reply by 18th June 2009.

Yours sincerely,

Nick Henderson

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