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Adrian Short
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This person's 4 Freedom of Information requests
Costs for running Google AdSense adverts on website
Successful.
by Nottingham City Council to Adrian Short on 10 June 2011.
Successful.
Dear Mr Short
Please find attached response to your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.
Yours sincerely
Jacqueline William...
One million Barclays Cycle Hire journeys data
Refused.
by Transport for London to Adrian Short on 27 January 2011.
Refused.
27 January 2011
Our ref: IRV-095-1011 Short
Dear Mr Short
The internal review of your Freedom of Information request has been
compl...
LB Croydon - Croydon Council have covered themselves - see Purpose 15 at this weblink:
The council makes extensive use of CCTV for traffic and parki...
Feb 2008 Cheam ward by-election results
Successful.
Thanks for responding and I've marked this request as completed.
Please note that while I'm aware you're not obliged to provide information for a FO...
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Grit Bins - Locations - Dates + Reasons for Installation or Rejection
Awaiting internal review.
Marlon,
I posted a link to a map of Sutton's grit bins and a downloadable data file on 8 January.
While this is not a response from the council, i...
The pen is mightier than the sword
Request to Department for Communities and Local Government by Derek Tickles. Annotated by Adrian Short on 20 January 2011.
Successful.
While the Information Commissioner's guidance says that public bodies are entitled to refuse to answer requests from people calling themselves by obvi...
M Deutch,
You're quite right. As I've said many times, including in my original FOI request email at the top of this page, I'm happy for TfL to uplo...
Two more mentions:
The Register:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/11/transport_for_london_foi/
Public Service:
http://www.publicservice.co...
Two more mentions today:
Big Brother Watch:
http://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/home/2011/01/transport-for-london-breaks-the-law-.html
TechEye.net...
This is now on the BBC's Mind the Gap transport blog:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/mindthegap/2011/01/boris_bikes_the_truth_behind_t.html
Grit Bins - Locations - Dates + Reasons for Installation or Rejection
Awaiting internal review.
You can see a map of Sutton's grit bins here:
http://maps.suttonactive.co.uk/maps/grit-bins
and download a CSV file which you can import into Exce...
Here's a story about this data on the Guardian's data blog:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/07/london-cycle-hire-million-journeys
Here's my view on the current status of this request:
http://adrianshort.co.uk/2011/01/07/tfls-information-doesnt-want-to-be-free/
I certainly don't mind whether the data is delivered as a link rather than an attachment. In fact I'd far prefer it.
But TfL's position here as I un...
This data gets a mention in the Telegraph today:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/8245610/London-bicycle-hire-scheme-in-uph...
Here's a viz by Matthew Clark at Steer Davies Gleave:
http://www.steerdaviesgleave.com/news-and-insights/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Cycle_Hire-_trip...
TfL say that they have a "target date" of 14 December to put this data in their Developers' Area.
https://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/businessandpartners/synd...
Feb 2008 Cheam ward by-election results
Successful.
Thanks for responding and I've marked this request as completed.
Please note that while I'm aware you're not obliged to provide information for a FO...
addresses of “long term empty” Commercial properties that are within Sutton Borough Council area
Successful.
I've blogged about this on Sutton Data:
http://suttondata.blogspot.com/2009/05/empty-commercial-properties.html
Ah, there is a list of primary schools on Sutton Council's website but it's in the Parents & Children section rather than the Young People one. Confus...
It seems that you can't get a complete list of community schools from the Sutton Council website. They only list secondary and special schools:
http:...
Advice on WhatDoTheyKnow.com
Awaiting internal review.
"it is very simple to make a request direct to an authority without the need to use this website"
True; and very easy for the council to sweep FOI r...
