Dear Sir or Madam,

I hereby submit a Freedom of Information request regarding the
"Life in the United Kingdom" handbook and test. Please provide:

1 The names of editors and of experts consulted during the scoping,
development, and compilation of the "Life in the UK" handbook;

2 A summary list of revisions (that is, corrections and updates of
facts and statements contained in the handbook) since the "Life in
the UK" handbook has been in print;

3 The number of "Life in the UK" tests administered each year since
the test programme started;

4 The number of "Life in the UK" tests where the result was "fail"
and that where the result was "pass", by year; and

5 A list of all test questions in test database for the "Life in
the UK" test.

Sincerely,

Dr Kaihsu Tai

Dear Dr Kaihsu Tai

Thank you for your recent e-mail. Your request is being dealt with under the
terms of the Freedom Of Information Act 2000 and we will respond shortly.

Kind Regards
UKBA
FOI Team

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Dear Freedom of Information Team,

Thank you for your acknowledgement (dated 22 July 2008) of receipt
of my Freedom of Information request of the same date. However, 20
working days later, now I still have not received the information I
requested. I trust that you hold the information, and the request
should be straightforward to fulfill.

Section 10(1) of Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36) provides
that "Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a public authority must
comply with section 1(1) promptly and in any event not later than
the twentieth working day following the date of receipt."
Therefore, I am entitled to your response immediately, and now
expect it by Friday 22 August 2008.

Sincerely,

Dr Kaihsu Tai

Dear Dr Kaihsu Tai,

I am sorry that it has not been possible to answer your request within
the twenty working day response period. We are dealing with your
request as a matter of urgency and hope to send you a substantive
response soon.

Kind regards,

UKBA FOI Team

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Dear Freedom of Information Team,

Thank you for your reply saying that I will not receive the
requested information by the statutory response period. I would
appreciate if you would now (by Friday 29 August 2008 at the
latest) please indicate at what time I am likely to have a
substantive response from you.

Sincerely,

Kaihsu Tai

Dear Freedom of Information Team,

Five more working days later, I am disappointed that I still have
not received an indication from the Home Office about when it
expects to respond to my request. Further, I am disturbed that by
failing to respond within the statutory period, the Home Office
ceases to be in compliance with the law.

Would you please now respond substantively to my request? Thank you
very much.

Sincerely,

Kaihsu Tai

Dear Freedom of Information Team,

By my reckoning, this is the 30th working day since my request made
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding 'Life in the
United Kingdom handbook and test'. The statutory response period is
20 working days.

Would you please, in this afternoon, indicate at what stage of
processing this request the UK Border Agency is?

I am, of course, happy to help if any further clarification is
needed.

Thank you again for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Kaihsu Tai

Dear Kaihsu Tai,

I recognise that on this occasion we have not been able to respond to
your request within the statutory time limit of twenty working days,
which we regret. However, I can confirm that your request for
information is being considered and we will respond as soon as possible.
In the meantime, I hope you will accept my sincere apologies for the
delay and any inconvenience this may have caused you.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Feakins,
Freedom of Information Team

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Dear Mr Feakins,

Thank you for your message of 4 September. It has been more than 40
working days since I first sent the request, but I still have not
had a substantive response from the UK Border Agency. It would be
reassuring if you could please give me an indication of when the
Agency plans to respond to my request. Again, I thank you for your
consideration.

Sincerely,

Kaihsu Tai