Rejections

Dear Sir or Madam,

Could you provide me of the details of how many Freedom of
Information Requests were rejected by the House of Commons in 2005,
2006 and 2007 and on what grounds they were rejected.

Yours faithfully,

Alastair Manderson

Dear CASTLE, Bob,

Freedom of Information Requests are normally kept on record by the
public body. I require the total number of rejections of such
requests. To aid your knowledge of what grounds. The public body
will normally declare one of the following
• All information withheld – information can only be withheld where
one of the
exemptions under the Act applies
• Information partially disclosed - this applies where some, but
not all, of the
information has been withheld. Even if only a single word is
withheld, we would consider
the RFI outcome to be ‘Information partially disclosed’
• Closed: no further information provided - for example, when the
requester does not
provide sufficient information to make the RFI valid as a section 8
request, or when the
requester withdraws their RFI.
• Information available elsewhere – this applies for example, when
the information is
available in the annual report or on the BBC website.
• Information not held

As you can probably guess this is part of a wider inquiry into how
efficient Public Departments operate. The House of Lords for
example has this information published on a website - but I could
find no such House of Commons information.

Ever thankful for your endeavours

Yours sincerely,

Alastair Manderson