Dear Sir or Madam,

on the 28 April 2009, the Home Office, BERR, and Cabinet Office met
to discuss and agree the UK Government response to the European
Commission infraction proceedings arising from the failure to
prosecute BT over the Phorm scandal.

Please will you disclose to me;

- The topic and agenda of that meeting

- The names of those who attended the meeting

- Any third parties who were present, including BT, Virgin Media,
Carphone Warehouse, or Phorm

- The minutes, particularly concerning agreements that were reached
at that meeting

Yours faithfully,

P. John

CABINET OFFICE REFERENCE: FOI267302

Dear Mr John,

Thank you for your request for information. Your request was received on
10/07/2009 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
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Dear Mr John,

Please find attached the CO response to your request.

Yours sincerely,

Rachel Clark

Cabinet Secretariat
70 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2AS

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Dear Ms. Clark,

Please pass this on to 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 'Phorm: Meeting on 28 April 2009'.

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

I'm surprised by your response to my FoI request.

The record (available for anyone to view online) shows that the
total number of requests I have made to the Cabinet Office is 2
(two) over the last 60 days.

Of those requests you have declined to address either of them.

For your convenience the dates of my enquiries are listed below

10 July 2009, Phorm: Meeting on 28 April 2009, REJECTED ON COST
GROUNDS

13 June 2009, EC; First Stage of Infringement Proceeding REJECTED
ON GROUNDS OF POLICY INTEREST

So I don't recognise your assertion that I have placed a
significant burden on the Cabinet Office. Both of my requests are
well within the limits of the act, and the fact that you have
rejected both suggests you incurred very little (if any) cost at
all.

I don't accept that providing me with information about the meeting
on 28 April would be unduly burdensome. I have specified the date
and information required from you very precisely to avoid
significant cost.

In passing, I'm sorry to hear there are so many people making
requests for related information. You are no doubt aware this is a
matter of considerable public controversy.

The Information Commissioner recommends in such circumstances you
could "avoid unwanted requests by voluntarily publishing any
frequently requested information".

Please can I ask you to review this decision, in view of the above
information, and/or consider publishing the information you claim
is being so frequently requested?

regards
P John

PS.
I have made requests to other offices of Government, including the
Prime Ministers Office. Your colleague Sue Gray stated that 'it
does not necessarily follow that the Prime Minister or his office
will be privy to the same information as the Cabinet Office, and
vice versa. There is correspondence which will be dealt with by the
Cabinet Office which will not be sent to the Prime Ministers
Office'.

Dear Mr John,

Thank you for Internal Review request dated 07/08/2009. This is receiving
attention.

Kind Regards,

FOI Team
Cabinet Office
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Dear Sir or Madam,

please can I chase progress on this Internal Review.

Yours faithfully,

P. John

Dear Ms Clark,

Chasing progress on this FoI.

You may be aware, BIS have recently disclosed documentation
relating to your earlier meeting at 1 Victoria Street on 5 August
2008.

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/de...

I am certain you will be keen to match and even exceed BIS
enthusiasm for open, transparent, and accountable Government... by
disclosing to me the information requested concerning the Meeting
on April 28 2009.

Yours faithfully,

P. John

Dear Sir or Madam,

please can I chase progress on this FoI internal review?

It has now taken you 3 months to address.

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ph...

Yours faithfully,

P. John

Dear Cabinet Office,

final chaser on this foi request, before yet another complaint to
the Information Commissioner about your handling of requests
relating to Phorm.

One could be forgiven for thinking Gordon Brown had something
corrupt to hide about his knowledge of covert trials of a
nationwide industrial espionage scam perpetrated by BT.

RSVP within 48 hours please.

thanks,
Yours faithfully,

P. John

PS. Happy New Year.