Treatment of Freedom of Information Requests - Subjects - Outcomes - Time to Respond

Dear Mr Campbell

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request below.
Please accept my apologies for the slight delay in our response which is
due to a current heavy workload.

As I understand it you were requesting to know:

For the 100 most recent FOI requests which the council considers
closed, be that because the request was rejected, met, or declared "not
held", please provide the following information:

(1) The date the request was received by the council.
Please see attached

(2) The summary subject of the request - in less than 20 words
Please see attached

(3) The date the request was acknowledged.
We do not record this information, however all requests received
centrally be email should receive an automated acknowledgement

(4) The date the initial final response was given
Please see attached

(5) The status of this response, ie met, not held, rejected
It is important to note that we do not record the information
specifically in these categories. However, we have indicated when the
information was provided ('met'), where further clarification was needed
or where a request was refused as an exemption applied

(6) Whether an Internal Review was requested, and if so the date on
which this was completed and the outcome status
see attached

(7) Whether the FOI Request to the council's knowledge was referred to
the ICO.
we do not hold any information indicating whether any of these requests
have been referred to the ICO

(8) Whether the ICO issued any guidance or instruction to the council
following this referral.
N/A

(9) The final outcome after the ICO referral.
N/A

If you are not happy with my response you should but your complaint in
writing to:

Principal Corporate Lawyer, Legal Services, Civic Centre, High St,
Uxbridge, UB8 1UW (or via email marked for the attention of the
Principal Corporate Lawyer to [Hillingdon Borough Council request email]).

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you
have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire,
SK9 5AF

Richard Ingle
Data Protection &
Freedom of Information Officer

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Dear Hillingdon Borough Council,

For the 100 most recent FOI requests which the council considers
closed, be that because the request was rejected, met, or
declared
"not held", please provide the following information:

(1) The date the request was received by the council.

(2) The summary subject of the request - in less than 20 words

(3) The date the request was acknowledged.

(4) The date the initial final response was given

(5) The status of this response, ie met, not held, rejected

(6) Whether an Internal Review was requested, and if so the date
on
which this was completed and the outcome status

(7) Whether the FOI Request to the council's knowledge was
referred
to the ICO.

(8) Whether the ICO issued any guidance or instruction to the
council following this referral.

(9) The final outcome after the ICO referral.

It is understood that a case may be referred to the ICO after the
council regards it a closed, and so this list request may not be
final and definitive, but at any given time, a FOI Request must
be
either open or closed as far as the council, is considered.

This FOI Request is asking about the situation when it is
processed, and a snapshot should be taken, with the date of this
recorded in the reply.

As most of this information must already be held electronically
for
administrative reasons by the council, it should not be onerous
to
provide it.

Please provide this electronically, preferably in an XLS
spreadsheet.

Yours faithfully,

Marlon Campbell

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