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Phillip Main made this Freedom of Information request to Cabinet Office
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From: Phillip Main
22 October 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
Ref
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/wh...
A request by Mr. C. Hickey.
For clarification of your answer to Mr;. Hickey could I ask if your
answer is meant to mean
1. You have no record of the decision being made
2. You have no record of any minister making such a decision
3. You have no record of any notes of any meeting when this
decision was made
If this is the case then someone has acted without authority and
usurped the authority of the Cabinet Office.
If this is not the case then the Cabinet Office MUST have
authorised this course of action and the proof that this decision
was taken lawfully must be provided by the Cabinet Office
I would ask you to furnish such confirmation that this was a
decision taken lawfully by the Cabinet Office.
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Main
From: Phillip Main
11 November 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please do me the courtesy of acknowledging my request
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Main
From: Phillip Main
20 November 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
Once again I ask you to do the courtesy of replying to my request
or at the very least acknowledging it. This high handed and
discourteous attitude speaks volumes of the statements of open and
honest government.
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Main
From: Phillip Main
20 November 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
overdue please respond. I've asked nicely and politely I expect the
same consideration from my government
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Main
Cabinet Office
23 November 2009
CABINET OFFICE REFERENCE: FOI270597
Dear Mr Main,
Thank you for your request for information. I apologise for the delay in
acknowledging your request. This was due to a combination of sickness and
leave. Your request was received on 23/10/2009 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
E: [1][Cabinet Office request email]
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Cabinet Office
23 November 2009
Mr Main,
I attach the Cabinet Office reply to your enquiry. I shall not send a
paper copy.
I hope the letter is clear. Please contact me if you do not understand
any point.
Regards
John Jenkins
Openness Advisor
Knowledge and Information Management Unit (Openness team)
Room 3.30, Admiralty Arch, London SW1A 2WH
Tel: 020 7276 6322
email: [email address]
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From: Phillip Main
26 November 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
Dear Mr Jenkins,
thank you for your reply. I am somewhat confused,
"The Cabinet Office considers that you and several associates have
now submitted some 35 requests for information on this subject, at
least 5 of which have been made within the last 60 days. Whilst the
Cabinet Office has provided you with information in reply to some
of these requests where this has been possible within the cost
limits provided in law, we consider that when aggregating this
particular request with the other associated requests which we have
received, the cost threshold will be exceeded. On this basis the
Cabinet Office is unable to comply with your request.
I should also point out that the Cabinet Office would propose to
deal with any further requests on this subject from you or anyone
who appears to be acting in concert with you in a similar manner.".
I quote the above from request
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/15...
FOI 267 766.pdf.html
Does your reply now mean that the statement is incorrect the result
of a misunderstanding, and that there is no obstacle or impediment
to requests sent to the Cabinet Office?
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Main
From: Phillip Main
23 December 2009
Dear Cabinet Office,
Have you a clarification for me as requested?
Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to everyone at your end.
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Main
Cabinet Office
23 December 2009
Thank you for your e-mail.
I shall be out of the office until Tuesday 29 December at 9.30 and I shall read your message then.
If your enquiry will not wait until then, please contact Kevin Nichols who may be able to help:
[email address]
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Cabinet Office
29 December 2009
Mr Main,
I have just received your email and I apologise for the delay in replying.
I presume that you have since received my letter of the same date. Please let me know if you have not.
Regards
John Jenkins
Openness Advisor
Knowledge and Information Management Unit (Openness team)
Room 3.30, Admiralty Arch, London SW1A 2WH
Tel: 020 7276 6322
email: [email address]
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From: Phillip Main
4 January 2010
Dear Cabinet Office,
I have received no reply since my request for clarification sent on
the 23rd December 2009
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Main
From: Phillip Main
4 January 2010
Dear Cabinet Office,
apologies my previous reply of today should read ,
I have had no reply to my 23rd December message concerning this
request for more clarification which was sent on the 26th November
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Dear Sir or Madam,
Dear Mr Jenkins,
thank you for your reply. I am somewhat confused,
"The Cabinet Office considers that you and several associates have
now submitted some 35 requests for information on this subject, at
least 5 of which have been made within the last 60 days. Whilst the
Cabinet Office has provided you with information in reply to some
of these requests where this has been possible within the cost
limits provided in law, we consider that when aggregating this
particular request with the other associated requests which we have
received, the cost threshold will be exceeded. On this basis the
Cabinet Office is unable to comply with your request.
I should also point out that the Cabinet Office would propose to
deal with any further requests on this subject from you or anyone
who appears to be acting in concert with you in a similar manner.".
I quote the above from request
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/15...
FOI 267 766.pdf.html
Does your reply now mean that the statement is incorrect the result
of a misunderstanding, and that there is no obstacle or impediment
to requests sent to the Cabinet Office?
Yours faithfully,
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Main
From: Phillip Main
6 February 2010
Dear Cabinet Office,
It is now a month since I last wrote to you in reply to your email.
have you a reply?
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Main
Cabinet Office
16 February 2010
Mr Main,
The Cabinet Office issued the attached reply to your request FOI 270 597 on 23 November 2009. If you will explain what about this response is not clear to you, I shall endeavour to assist.
Otherwise I shall regard any further correspondence from you on this subject as vexatious and take no further action on it.
Regards
John Jenkins
Head of Openness Team
Knowledge and Information Management Unit (Openness team)
Room 3.30, Admiralty Arch, London SW1A 2WH
Tel: 020 7276 6322
email: [email address]
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From: Phillip Main
16 February 2010
Dear Mr, Jenkins,
You said in your reply to Mr. Hickey that the Cabinet Office had
not made such a decision, ie a refusal to answer questions on
Phorm.
I am only attempting to establish whether the statement made to me
in reply to my original request, which formed the basis of Mr.
Hickeys request, still stands. That statement sent in repy to my
request was as follows.
"The Cabinet Office considers that you and several associates have
now submitted some 35 requests for information on this subject, at
least 5 of which have been made within the last 60 days. Whilst the
Cabinet Office has provided you with information in reply to some
of these requests where this has been possible within the cost
limits provided in law, we consider that when aggregating this
particular request with the other associated requests which we have
received, the cost threshold will be exceeded. On this basis the
Cabinet Office is unable to comply with your request.
I should also point out that the Cabinet Office would propose to
deal with any further requests on this subject from you or anyone
who appears to be acting in concert with you in a similar manner.".
I quote the above from request
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/15...
FOI 267 766.pdf.html
So simply, does the above statement from the Cabinet Office to
myself still apply ? That is all I am trying to establish.
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Main
From: Phillip Main
21 February 2010
This is a repeat of the message I sent on the 16th Feb. It is
probably a glitch in the website as I have been requested by the
site to reply to you. Apologies if you have already received my
message of the 16th.
Dear Mr, Jenkins,
You said in your reply to Mr. Hickey that the Cabinet Office had
not made such a decision, ie a refusal to answer questions on
Phorm.
I am only attempting to establish whether the statement made to me
in reply to my original request, which formed the basis of Mr.
Hickeys request, still stands. That statement sent in repy to my
request was as follows.
"The Cabinet Office considers that you and several associates have
now submitted some 35 requests for information on this subject, at
least 5 of which have been made within the last 60 days. Whilst the
Cabinet Office has provided you with information in reply to some
of these requests where this has been possible within the cost
limits provided in law, we consider that when aggregating this
particular request with the other associated requests which we have
received, the cost threshold will be exceeded. On this basis the
Cabinet Office is unable to comply with your request.
I should also point out that the Cabinet Office would propose to
deal with any further requests on this subject from you or anyone
who appears to be acting in concert with you in a similar manner.".
I quote the above from request
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/15...
FOI 267 766.pdf.html
So simply, does the above statement from the Cabinet Office to
myself still apply ? That is all I am trying to establish.
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Main
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Main
Phillip Main left an annotation (26 August 2010)
"Otherwise I shall regard any further correspondence from you on this subject as vexatious and take no further action on it".
If the Cabinet Office honestly answered one of these 'vexatious' requests then the requests would stop.
Simples
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Phillip Main left an annotation ( 5 May 2010)
Yes there is a campaign. It is a campaign to uncover the truth about this shabby affair.
Why after 500 days plus has no action been taken against BT for their illegal actions?
Why so much inaction by the people whose purpose, supposedly, is to protect the public?
Why has it taken intervention by the EU Commission to call this government to account for its failure to give the citizens of the UK the protection they are entitled to under the law?
Why do the Police insist it is a CIVIL matter when I myself have a reply from the Home Office stating that breaches of RIPA are a matter for the POLICE ?
P.M.
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