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FS50197952 / Lord Ashcroft
Ganesh Sittampalam made this Freedom of Information request to Cabinet Office
The request was successful.
From: Ganesh Sittampalam
29 January 2010
Dear Cabinet Office,
I request a copy of the information the ICO ordered to be disclosed
in their decision notice FS50197952
(http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/d...),
i.e. "What form did Michael Ashcroft's undertaking take and to whom
was the undertaking given?"
If not already covered by the above, I also request a copy of the
undertaking itself.
Yours faithfully,
Ganesh Sittampalam
Cabinet Office
3 February 2010
CABINET OFFICE REFERENCE: FOI272914
Dear Mr Sittampalam
Thank you for your request for information. Your request was received on
01/02/2010 and is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.
In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will
let you know the likely charges before proceeding.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
Yours sincerely,
FOI Team
Cabinet Office
E: [1][Cabinet Office request email]
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Cabinet Office
1 March 2010
Dear Mr Sittampalam,
The response to your Freedom of Information request is attached.
Regards
Marion Moore
Honours and Appointments Secretariat
0207 276 2706
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From: Ganesh Sittampalam
10 March 2010
Dear Cabinet Office,
Thank you for the information. As it was sent on the 21st working
day after I submitted my request, can you confirm that this will be
reported as a "late response" in the Ministry of Justice's
quarterly FOI statistics?
Yours faithfully,
Ganesh Sittampalam
Cabinet Office
12 March 2010
Dear Mr Sittampalam,
Thank you for your email.
Just to clarify that the FOI Act asks public authorities to comply
within 20 working days. You sent your request to us on Friday 29 January
at 9.22pm, and we therefore received this on Monday 1 February. We sent
your response on 1 March and therefore have complied within the
timeframe specified by the FOI Act.
Kind regards,
Yasmine Edwards
FOI Team
Cabinet Office
Tel: 020 7276 2473
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From: Ganesh Sittampalam
12 March 2010
Dear Cabinet Office,
In that case I request an internal review of your handling of the
request, as I believe your interpretation of the act is incorrect.
The email would have been received by the Cabinet Office shortly
after I sent it, making Monday 1 February the first working day
after receipt.
Yours faithfully,
Ganesh Sittampalam
From: Ganesh Sittampalam
18 March 2010
Dear Cabinet Office,
Just to follow up on this, I refer you to section 3 of
http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/l...
in support of my position.
Please could you acknowledge the internal review request?
Yours faithfully,
Ganesh Sittampalam
Cabinet Office
18 March 2010
Dear Mr Sittampalam,
Thank you for Internal Review request dated 12/03/2010. This is receiving
attention.
Kind Regards,
FOI Team
Cabinet Office
E: [1][Cabinet Office request email]
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Ben Harris left an annotation ( 2 April 2010)
To confirm, the original message was passed to a MessageLabs mail server at 21:22:23 on 29th January. MessageLabs handle incoming email on behalf of the Cabinet Office.
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Ben Harris, WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer.
Cabinet Office
18 May 2010
Dear Mr Sittampalam,
Please see the attached letter regarding your request for an internal review.
Kind regards,
Zara Smart
PA to Sue Gray
Propriety & Ethics Team
T (020) 7276 3540
Cabinet Office
Room 1.18
70 Whitehall London SW1A 2AS
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Ganesh Sittampalam left an annotation (24 July 2010)
FS50313964: I complained to the ICO about the internal review taking 43 working days. No point in a decision notice since it was just about the internal review, but it was logged by the enforcement team.
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