Quotes on 'Using your identity card' web page

Dear Identity & Passport Service,

I am writing with regard to the quotations given on the 'Using your
identity card' web page here:

http://www.ips.gov.uk/cps/rde/xchg/ips_l...

It is now the 4th February 2010. On 25th January 2010, the
Secretary of State made The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Commencement
No. 7) Order 2010 to extend the ability to apply for an ID card and
entry onto the National Identity Register to people aged 16-24 who
live in London. The Order clearly stated that it would come into
force on 8th February 2010.

This being the case, I would like to know:

1) How were the quotations shown on the 'Using your identity card'
web page as of 4th February 2010 solicited?

2) Are all the quotations from people who had already received an
ID card?

3) How many of the people quoted on the web page work for IPS, the
Home Office or any other government department or agency?

4) If they do (or did) not work for IPS or another government
agency, how did the individuals identified as 'JW, London', 'PE,
Kent', 'JP, London', 'KM, London', 'VN, Tottenham', 'CB, London',
'MM, north London' and 'JW, Kent' receive an ID card *before* 8th
February 2010?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Phil Booth

Dear H Reid,

Thank you for your response of 2nd March.

You say in response to my question, "How many of the people quoted
on the web page work for IPS, the Home Office or any other
government department or agency?" that individuals were offered a
degree of anonymity in order to protect their privacy. As a privacy
campaigner, I fully respect that.

However, I am not requesting any information that would compromise
the privacy or anonymity of any of the individuals quoted on your
webpage. I would not wish you to do so. I am simply asking *how
many* of them work for IPS, the Home Office or any other government
department or agency. The answer, which cannot in any way be linked
to any individual, is simply a number from zero to eight (or
possibly more).

I continue to request a response to my original question (3) as
your statement that "the accounts are all drawn from individuals
who were eligible for a National Identity Card under the
commencement orders in place by the date 4 February 2010" though
clearly intended to imply that some of the quotes may be from
people working at London City Airport, does not actually answer my
question.

Yours sincerely,

Phil Booth

Dear Identity & Passport Service,

I have not received any response to my follow-up request of March
3rd.

I would still like to have a simple numerical answer to my original
question (3) - "How many of the people quoted on the web page work
for IPS, the Home Office or any other government department or
agency?" - which will in no way compromise the privacy of any
individual.

Yours faithfully,

Phil Booth

Dear Identity & Passport Service,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Identity & Passport
Service's handling of my FOI request 'Quotes on 'Using your
identity card' web page'.

It is now 21st July and I have not received a substantive response
to my follow-up request of March 3rd 2010.

I would still like to have a simple numerical answer to my original
question (3) - "How many of the people quoted on the web page work
for IPS, the Home Office or any other government department or
agency?" - which would in no way compromise the privacy of any
individual.

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

Yours faithfully,

Phil Booth