emails between defra and the rspb

ben addison made this Freedom of Information request to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

From: ben addison

12 August 2008

Dear Sir or Madam,

please can i have a copy of all emails available between your
department and the RSPB with any reference to wildlife crime, money
and/or falcons.

Yours faithfully,

benjamin addison

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From: Rumble, Christine (WSC)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

14 August 2008

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Dear Mr Addison,

Please see attached letter about your Freedom of Information request to
Defra

<<Reply to B Addison for more info.doc>>

Christine Rumble
Species Conservation Policy Advisor
Defra
Biodiversity Programme
Zone 1/11
Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6EB

Tel 0117 372 6170
Fax 0117 372 8688

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

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.
Whilst this email and associated attachments will have been checked
for known viruses whilst within Defra systems we can accept no
responsibility once it has left our systems.
Communications on Defra's computer 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: ben addison

17 August 2008

Dear Rumble, Christine (WSC),

Please can i have a copy of all emails DEFRA's computers have
regarding Derek Canning and Mark Robb.

Yours sincerely,

Benjamin Addison

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From: Rumble, Christine (WSC)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

27 August 2008

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Dear Mr Addison

Please see the attached letter.

Yours sincerely,

Christine Rumble
Species Conservation Policy Advisor
Defra
Biodiversity Programme
Zone 1/11
Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6EB

Tel 0117 372 6170
Fax 0117 372 8688

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Richard Jackson left an annotation ( 7 September 2008)

I would suggest asking for an internal review of this. The DPA exemption doesn't mean an authority can withhold absolutely everything just because it mentions a third party. Some of the details they hold, for example, on Derek Canning, might already be in the public domain via court records. I'd be surprised if they don't hold at least _some_ information that should be disclosable.

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From: ben addison

8 September 2008

Dear Rumble, Christine (WSC),

I am writing to have an internal review concerning my FOI request.
The DPA exemption doesn't mean an authority can withhold absolutely
everything just because it mentions a third party. Some of the
details you hold, for example, on Derek Canning, might already be
in the public domain via court records. Also i might like to add i
am friends of the named people and can readily get written
permission by them to obtain information about them. There is also
the possibility of simply censoring sensitive information.

Yours sincerely,

Benjamin Addison

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From: Access To Info (CIO-IMD)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

12 September 2008

Dear Mr Addison

Thank you for your email of 8 September to Christine Rumble requesting an
internal review of the response to your recent request for information in
respect of correspondence with Mr Canning.

Your email has been forwarded to me in Defra's Information Rights Team for
action as we conduct the internal reviews, as mentioned in the Annex to
Mrs Rumble's letter to you.

We aim to respond to requests for internal reviews within 20 working
days. Therefore, we hope to send you a response by 6 October. If,
however, this is not possible, I shall inform you of any delay and the
date on which you can expect a reply.

Yours sincerely

David Waller

Data Protection Officer and FOI/EIR case officer

Defra

CIOD - Information Management Division

Information Rights Team

Area 1E

3 Whitehall Place

London, SW1A 2HH

Tel No: 08459 33 55 77

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From: Waller, David J (CIO-IMD)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

6 October 2008

Dear Mr Addison

Further to my email below, I am writing to inform you that we need more
time to consider your appeal. Therefore, in accordance with the
legislation, we are extending the deadline for a further 20 working days
(ie to 3 November). If we are unable to meet this new deadline for any
reason we will write to let you know.

Yours sincerely,

David Waller

Data Protection Officer

Defra

CIOD - Information Management Division

Information Rights Team

Area 1E

3 Whitehall Place

London, SW1A 2HH

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Derek Canning LLB [HONS] (Account suspended) left an annotation (28 May 2009)

Ben has my permission to to request any information on me that anyone holds.

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