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Prime Minister's reply to petitions
A Freedom of Information request to Cabinet Office by John Walker
The request was rejected by Cabinet Office.
John Walker
11 September 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
31,048 signed the "Turing petition" and the PM replied:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/
70,770 have signed the "Prime Minister to resign" petition:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/please-...
which contrasts with the 102 people who have signed the
"carry on leading this great country of ours" petition:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/support...
(and even then some of those names, such as Olaf Wivoutanell and
Gordon de'Ath, appear to be fictitious).
1. How many signatures must a petition have before the PM replies
to it?
2. When is Mr Brown going to reply to the "Prime Minister to
resign" petition?
Yours faithfully,
John Walker
Cabinet Office
9 October 2009
Dear Mr Walker,
Please see attached.
Kind regards,
Yasmine Edwards
FOI Team
Cabinet Office
Tel: 020 7276 2473
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Once your petition has closed, usually provided there are 500 signatures or more, it will be passed to officials who work for the Prime Minister in Downing Street, or sent to the relevant Government department for a response.
Every person who signs such a petition will receive an email detailing the Government's response to the issues raised."
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/faq
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