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David Watson made this Freedom of Information request to Office for National Statistics
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From: David Watson
15 January 2010
Dear Office for National Statistics,
Lords Hansard for 5th May 2009, Column WA93, quotes from a letter
from the National Statistician which provides a table showing the
number of electors registered anonymously by Government Office
Region in England and Wales 2007-08.
I am unable to find any source(s) for the table's numerical data on
the statistics.gov.uk web-site.
Can you therefore please supply the following information :
1) The number of electors registered anonymously by each
administering local authority in England and Wales on 1 December
2007.
2) The number of electors registered anonymously by each
administering local authority in England and Wales on 1 December
2008.
and, regarding the table's two notes :
3) A list of the 24 administering local authorities that did not
provide figures for those registered anonymously on 1 December
2007.
4) A list of the 36 administering local authorities that did not
provide figures for those registered anonymously on 1 December
2008.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
David Watson
From: David Watson
14 February 2010
Dear Office for National Statistics,
Your response to this request is overdue. Can you please provide an
update on the status of this request. Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
David Watson
16 February 2010
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From: Claire Burridge
Office for National Statistics
17 February 2010
Dear colleague,
Please could you help with the following email? The customers email address
is:
[FOI #27027 email]
Thanks
Claire Burridge
Customer Advisor | Cynghorydd Cwsmeriaid
Customer Intelligence | Cudd-wybodaeth Cwsmeriaid
Room 1.015 | Ystafell 1.015
Office for National Statistics | Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol
Government Buildings | Adeiladau'r Llywodraeth
Cardiff Road | Heol Caerdydd
Newport | Casnewydd
NP10 8XG
Telephone 0845 6013034 | Ffôn: 0845 6013034
Communication Matters | Materion Cyfathrebu
Communication Division | Is-adran Gyfathrebu
Dear Office for National Statistics,
Your response to this request is overdue. Can you please provide an
update on the status of this request. Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
David Watson
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From: FOI Team
Office for National Statistics
18 February 2010
FOI00902/Watson
Dear Mr Watson,
thank you for your recent request made under the FOI Act requesting
information about voters who have registered anonymously.
Following a search of our records we are now in the position to provide the
following answer.
(See attached file: FOI00902Watson_Electors registered anonymously.xls)
The above table supplies data for all local authorities where the number of
electors registered anonymously is equal or greater than 3. It also
includes regional totals, and the 24 administering local authorities that
did not provide figures for those registered anonymously are supplied.
Under data confidentiality and protecion protocols we are required to
consider the risk of distress caused to individuals when
supplying/publishing data of a sensitive nature; small figures have
therefore been suppressed. Hence these smaller counts have been withheld
under S40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act.
You have the right to have this response to your freedom of information
request reviewed internally by an internal review process and, if you
remain unhappy with the decision, by the Information Commissioner. If you
would like to have the decision reviewed please write to Frank Nolan,
Office for National Statistics, Room 1127, Government Buildings, Cardiff
Road, Newport, Gwent, NP10 8XG.
Yours Sincerely,
Nicola Shearman
FOI Officer, ONS
For the latest data on the economy and society consult National Statistics at http://www.statistics.gov.uk
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From: David Watson
26 February 2010
Dear Ms. Shearman,
Thank you for your response.
I am having some difficulty understanding how withholding or
disclosing numbers has any effect on individuals, especially the
number zero.
There is no personal information held in numbers, which in the case
of this request moreover are comprised of anonymised data.
Could you please explain how you arrived at your conclusion, in
particular which data confidentiality and protection protocols you
applied ? Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
David Watson
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