Dear Sir or Madam,

Policy documents - Common Purpose

Please supply

1. copies of your organisation's policy documents relating to the
selection of personnel for Common Purpose training.

2. copies of ALL correspondence (email, letters, memos etc)
relating to the selection of personnel for Common Purpose training.

By "Common Purpose", I mean the training organisation of that name:
http://www.commonpurpose.org/home.aspx

Yours faithfully,

John Walker

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British Transport Police

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Dear Lubin, Simon,

I am overdue a reply to this request.

Yours sincerely,

John Walker

I will pass on your message.

Regards,

Simon Lubin

Media Relations Manager

British Transport Police

25 Camden Road

London NW1 9LN

T: 020 7830 8854

F: 020 7830 8944

M: 07771 670116

Visit the BTP Media Centre to access and download the latest press
releases. Register for a Press Pass to receive exclusive information.

http://www.btp.presscentre.com

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Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

A response is overdue.

I am writing to request an internal review of British Transport
Police's handling of my FOI request 'Policy documents - Common
Purpose'.

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

Yours sincerely,

John Walker

Dear Mr Walker,

Please find attached response to your Freedom of Information request.

If I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact
me.

Best regards,

Vanessa Osborne

Information Standards Co-ordinator

Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Information Standards Unit

British Transport Police

FHQ

25 Camden Road

London, NW1 9LN

T: 020 7830 6731 (46731)

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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 British Transport
Police's handling of my FOI request 'Policy documents - Common
Purpose'.

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

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You state that you have no policy as regards selecting people for
Common Purpose courses and no record of any correspondence
regarding the selection of people for these courses.

In 2007 BTP spent over £47000 on Common Purpose courses: see here:
http://www.cpexposed.com/documents/CP_Br...

1. Where did this money come from? Were the courses paid for by
public money or did the course participants pay out of their own
pockets?

2. How can you say there is no policy when it comes to selecting
personnel for Common Purpose courses. There must be a policy of
some sort. How are personnel for Common Purpose courses selected?

3. Why is there no record of any correspondence regarding the
selection of people for these courses? How are details of the
course selection communicated - telepathy?

4. What is the benefit to the taxpayer (whom I assume paid the
bill) of Common Purpose courses?

This time I do not expect to have to wait 14 weeks for a reply.

Yours sincerely,

John Walker