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O.N.S Independence from political control!
A Freedom of Information request to Office for National Statistics by Theodore Byrne
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Theodore Byrne
9 February 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
This is a F.O.I request.
On what date will ONS be free of political control?
Yours faithfully,
Theodore Byrne
Theodore Byrne
4 June 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
This request is currently overdue a response from Office for
National Statistics. By law, the response had to be prompt but no
later than 9 March 2009 (more info). Under the Freedom of
Information Act YOU should have replied by now, and are breaking
the law.
Yours sincerely,
Theodore Byrne
FOI Team
8 June 2009
Dear Mr Byrne,
thank you for your emails 4 June and 9 February.
ONS is currently free from political control, and has the status of a
non-ministerial department with a non-executive board. This has been our
status since our independence from the Treasury in 2007.
For further details on the status of ONS please consult the "about us" page
on our website http://www.ons.gov.uk/about/who-we-are/i...
Yours Sincerely,
Nicola Shearman
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control!
Dear Sir or Madam,
This request is currently overdue a response from Office for
National Statistics. By law, the response had to be prompt but no
later than 9 March 2009 (more info). Under the Freedom of
Information Act YOU should have replied by now, and are breaking
the law.
Yours sincerely,
Theodore Byrne
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