HM Government response to a monarch's abdication (2008)

Dear Sir or Madam,

My Freedom of Information request relates to HM Government's
response to the abdication of the monarch.

a. Does the Cabinet Office or Cabinet Secretary hold any documents
drawn up or revised in 2008 relating to HM Government's plans
should the monarch choose to abdicate?

b. If such documents exist, could the Cabinet Office or Cabinet
Secretary please release them into the public domain for debate and
consultation.

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Whenman

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to Sue Gray, Director of the Cabinet Office
(email: [email address]), who I have been told is the person who
conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Cabinet Office's
handling of my FOI request 'HM Government response to a monarch's
abdication (2008 - 1997)'.

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

I believe the reply that it would be too costly to provide this
information is disingenuous. The provision of constitutional
information such as this which the Cabinet Secretary admitted in
1995 is "always in the files" (Peter Hennessy, The Hidden Wiring:
Unearthing the British Constitution, pp.45 - 6) cannot be too
costly, nor should it take longer than three and a half working
days. If the monarch were to abdicate I'm sure the Government's
response would barely take three and a half hours.

I request that the original decision be rescinded and the
information provided.

Yours sincerely,

Gavin Whenman

Dear Sir or Madam,

I requested an internal review in relation to this request on
21/01/2009. Since your acknowledgement on 27th January, I have not
received a substantive response. Please could you provide an update
on my request.

Yours sincerely,

Gavin Whenman