Freedom of Information requests

T Thomas made this Freedom of Information request to Manchester City Council

The request was successful.

From: T Thomas

28 September 2008

Dear Sir or Madam,

Since the inception of the Freedom of Information Act to date

1)how many requests for information under the act has the council
received?

2)how many have times has the council failed to respond within the
statutory 20 day period?

Yours faithfully,

T Thomas

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Manchester City Council

6 October 2008

Dear Sir or Madam

Re: Request for Information - Reference Number: CEX/7JXDXM

Thank you for your request for information which was received by
Manchester City Council on 29 September 2008.

It may take up to 20 working days (approximately 4 weeks) for the Council
to consider your request and to provide a formal response.

If this timescale needs to be extended to consider an exemption you will
be notified and kept informed.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

Gill Wood
Information Compliance Assistant
Democratic Services
Town Hall
Albert Sq
M60 2LA

Tel: 0161 234 4083
Fax: 0161 274 7007
Website: [1]www.manchester.gov.uk

T Thomas
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Manchester City Council
28/09/2008 19:37 <[Manchester City Council request email]>
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Subject: Freedom of
Information request - Freedom of
Information requests

Dear Sir or Madam,

Since the inception of the Freedom of Information Act to date

1)how many requests for information under the act has the council
received?

2)how many have times has the council failed to respond within the
statutory 20 day period?

Yours faithfully,

T Thomas

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From: T Thomas

28 October 2008

Dear Sir or Madam,

You have exceeded the 20 day deadline in which to respond to my FOI
request.

Yours sincerely,

T Thomas

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From: T Thomas

15 December 2008

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 Manchester City
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Freedom of Information
requests'.

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

Yours sincerely,

T Thomas

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Manchester City Council

22 December 2008

Dear Sir or Madam

Thank you for your email dated 15 December which will be treated as a
request for internal review and will be dealt with in accordance with the
Council’s Access to Information Complaint Procedure which is available
on the Council's website at
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/script...

Please note your request will be handled as speedily as possible and a
response should be issued no later than 15th January 2009.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

Gill Wood
Information Compliance Assistant
Democratic Services
Town Hall
Albert Sq
M60 2LA

Tel: 0161 234 4083
Fax: 0161 274 7007
Website: [1]www.manchester.gov.uk

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Manchester City Council

14 January 2009

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Dear Sir or Madam

Please see attached in response to your request for information

Yours sincerely

Gill Wood
Information Compliance Assistant
Democratic Services
Town Hall
Albert Sq
M60 2LA

Tel: 0161 234 4083
Fax: 0161 274 7007

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James: Soulsby left an annotation ( 9 October 2009)

"how many have times has the council failed to respond within the statutory 20 day period?"

In my experience it's 100% of the time

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T Thomas left an annotation ( 9 October 2009)

And this FOI request illustrates your point.

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