Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Please can you provide me with the minutes of
all meetings of the board of directors of SITPRO Limited taking
place in the last 12 months.

Yours faithfully,

John Cross

Dear Sir or Madam, Please can you look into my request it would
appear your response is overdue.

Regards,

John

Dear Mr Cross

Please see the letter attached.

Graham Bartlett

Director Policy
SITPRO
Simplifying International Trade
Kingsgate House
66-74 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6SW
T: +44 (0)20 7215 8068
F: +44 (0)20 7215 4242
W: www.sitpro.org.uk <http://www.sitpro.org.uk/>

Confidentiality/Disclaimer: The contents of this email are confidential
and are not to be regarded as a contractual offer or acceptance from
SITPRO Ltd. If you are not the addressee, or if this has been copied or
sent to you in error, you must not use data herein for any purpose, must
delete it, and should inform the sender. SITPRO disclaims liability for
accuracy or completeness, and opinions expressed are those of the author
alone.

Registered Office: 1st Floor, Kingsgate House, 66-74 Victoria Street,
London SW1E 6SW
VAT Registered No: GB 241 8235 77 Registered in England & Wales No:
4188890
SITPRO Ltd. is a Company Limited by Guarantee

Dear Graham Bartlett,

Thanks for your response. I would be grateful if you could let me
know when your assessment of public interest is likely to be
completed.

Many thanks,

John Cross

Mr Cross

I will probably have a better idea of timetable early next week.

I will put it in my diary to send you a follow up then.

Regards

Graham Bartlett

Graham Bartlett
Director Policy
SITPRO
Simplifying International Trade
Kingsgate House
66-74 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6SW
T: +44 (0)20 7215 8068
F: +44 (0)20 7215 4242
W: www.sitpro.org.uk

Confidentiality/Disclaimer: The contents of this email are confidential
and are not to be regarded as a contractual offer or acceptance from
SITPRO Ltd. If you are not the addressee, or if this has been copied or
sent to you in error, you must not use data herein for any purpose, must
delete it, and should inform the sender. SITPRO disclaims liability for
accuracy or completeness, and opinions expressed are those of the author
alone.

Registered Office: 1st Floor, Kingsgate House, 66-74 Victoria Street,
London SW1E 6SW
VAT Registered No: GB 241 8235 77 Registered in England & Wales No:
4188890
SITPRO Ltd. is a Company Limited by Guarantee

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Dear Graham Bartlett,

Many thanks for your recent email.

Regards,

John Cross

Dear Mr Cross

Further to my previous e-mail I now expect to be in a position to
respond substantively by the end of the week.

Regards

Graham Bartlett

Graham Bartlett
Director Policy
SITPRO
Simplifying International Trade
Kingsgate House
66-74 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6SW
T: +44 (0)20 7215 8068
F: +44 (0)20 7215 4242
W: www.sitpro.org.uk

Confidentiality/Disclaimer: The contents of this email are confidential
and are not to be regarded as a contractual offer or acceptance from
SITPRO Ltd. If you are not the addressee, or if this has been copied or
sent to you in error, you must not use data herein for any purpose, must
delete it, and should inform the sender. SITPRO disclaims liability for
accuracy or completeness, and opinions expressed are those of the author
alone.

Registered Office: 1st Floor, Kingsgate House, 66-74 Victoria Street,
London SW1E 6SW
VAT Registered No: GB 241 8235 77 Registered in England & Wales No:
4188890
SITPRO Ltd. is a Company Limited by Guarantee

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Dear Graham Bartlett,

Thanks for your reply I look forward to the final response.

regards,

John Cross

Dear Graham Bartlett,

I would be grateful if you could provide me with the information I
requested on 7 October 2008 or else set out in writing the
exemptions you intend to rely on.

I believe that I was legally entitled to receive a response no
later than 16th September 2008.

I would urge to respond in the next three working days so that I
will not be put in a situation where I feel I have no real
alternative to request an internal review.

Yours sincerely,

John Cross

Dear Mr Cross

Thankyou for your further e-mail.

Please let me assure you that I am doing all I can to respond to your request for information. While I had hoped that I could resolve the outstanding consideration of the public interest before I had to travel to Brussels on Sunday, that unfortunately proved over ambitious. However I am continuing to work on this even in my absence from the office.

I acknowledge fully that the FOI Act obliges us to respond to requests promptly, and in any case no later than 20 working days after receiving your request. However, when a "qualified" exemption applies to the information and an accompanying public interest test is engaged, the Act allows the time for response to be longer, in which case a full response must be provided within such time as is reasonable in all circumstances. The specific exemptions which we believe apply in relation to elements of the information covered by your request are Section 43, Commercial Interests, and Section 35, Formulation of Government Policy.

Without wanting again to raise expectations I do hope now to let you have a response by 31st October 2008.

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

Yours sincerely

Graham Bartlett

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Dear Graham Bartlett,

I am writing to request an internal review into the handling of my
request (16 August 2008) under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I would be grateful if the reviewer could consider all aspects of
the way my request has been handled, in particular

(i) time taken to process request

(ii) the fact that to date I have not even received the dates of
meetings held and other similarly uncontroversial information that
is likely to be contained in the minutes I requested. This
information would fall within the scope of my request and it is
very unlikely any exemptions from disclosure would be available.

Yours sincerely,

John Cross

Dear Mr Cross

Further to your request of 16 August 2008 under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 for copies of the minutes the meetings of the board
of directors of SITPRO Limited taking place in the last 12 months, I
attach a covering letter and the minutes.

Yours sincerely

Graham Bartlett
Director Policy
SITPRO
Simplifying International Trade
Kingsgate House
66-74 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6SW
T: +44 (0)20 7215 8068
F: +44 (0)20 7215 4242
W: www.sitpro.org.uk <http://www.sitpro.org.uk/>

Confidentiality/Disclaimer: The contents of this email are confidential
and are not to be regarded as a contractual offer or acceptance from
SITPRO Ltd. If you are not the addressee, or if this has been copied or
sent to you in error, you must not use data herein for any purpose, must
delete it, and should inform the sender. SITPRO disclaims liability for
accuracy or completeness, and opinions expressed are those of the author
alone.

Registered Office: 1st Floor, Kingsgate House, 66-74 Victoria Street,
London SW1E 6SW
VAT Registered No: GB 241 8235 77 Registered in England & Wales No:
4188890
SITPRO Ltd. is a Company Limited by Guarantee

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 SITPRO Limited's
handling of my FOI request 'Minutes of Meetings of the Directors'.

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

I would like the internal review to examine all aspects of the
handling of my request including:

(i) the fact that the name of a Member of HMRC staff was redacted
despite the fact that they appeared to be the most senior member of
HMRC staff present at the meeting. I would argue that this name
ought to have been released.

(ii) the fact that more exemptions were used in the redacted
minutes than were referred to in the covering letter.

(iii) the fact that the Company has relied on exemption 36
"Prejudice to effective conduct of public affairs" without properly
explaining what prejudice might occur if the information were to be
provided.

Please acknowledge receipt.

Yours sincerely,

John Cross