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Alex Skene

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This person's 46 Freedom of Information requests

Fare Information for 2010 Ref: TFL101723 Dear Mr Skene Thank you for your email received by Transport for London (TfL) on 4 January 2010. I am sorry for the delay in respondi... Awaiting classification.
Response by Transport for London to Alex Skene on 4 February 2010.
Request for Internal Review of I&PS FOI response on Passport Photos Quick update on this request: - 14/10/2009 - FOIA s50 Complaint made to ICO. - 06/11/2009 - New case reference number allocated by ICO - FS5027360... Rejected.
Request to Home Office by Alex Skene. Annotated by Alex Skene on 27 January 2010.
OSC Procedures and Guidance document Dear Mr Skene Thank you for your request for the OSC Procedures and Guidance document of Dec 2008. This document is only made available to law enfo... Rejected.
Rejection by Office of the Surveillance Commissioners to Alex Skene on 18 January 2010.
Non-Domestic Energy Performance Certificate Register Some of this data was released under FOI to Martin Rosenbaum of the Open Secrets blog, apparently due to changes in regulation: http://www.bbc.co.uk... Rejected.
Request to Department for Communities and Local Government by Alex Skene. Annotated by Francis Irving on 30 November 2009.
Current FOI case list BBC post about how the ICO is now going to start publishing this information routinely. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/opensecrets/2009/08/foi_investiga... Successful.
Request to Information Commissioner’s Office by Alex Skene. Annotated by Francis Irving on 22 August 2009.
Government Hospitality Cellar stock list Blogged about this here: http://confirm-or-deny.blogspot.com/2009/07/wine-paid-for-by-tax-payer.html Partially successful.
Request to Government Hospitality Advisory Committee for the Purchase of Wine by Alex Skene. Annotated by John Cross on 30 July 2009.
Green Book - publication scheme request Alex, Thank you for providing an address. I will put copies in the post today. Mandy Kelly Freedom of Information Assistant Successful.
All information sent by House of Commons to Alex Skene on 23 June 2009.
Islington Town Hall Auditorium refurbishment Dear Alex, This is in response to your request for an internal review of how we responded to your Freedom of Information request (our reference 24406... Successful.
All information sent by Islington Borough Council to Alex Skene on 18 June 2009.
Technical details for publication of MPs' expenses in July "Questions 1 and 2 The functional and technical spefications have not yet been finalised. Therefore this information is not held by the House of Comm... Partially successful.
Request to House of Commons by Alex Skene. Annotated by Dutch Antaris on 18 June 2009.
Passport photos - Post Office template & rejected photos Ref FOICR 9526/08 Please could you provide an update on the status of your internal review of my request. This review has taken over ONE YEAR, a... Awaiting internal review.
Internal review request sent to Identity & Passport Service by Alex Skene on 8 June 2009.
Annex to EC Regulation No 622/2003 Section 44 exemption: "Prohibitions on disclosure. — (1) Information is exempt information if its disclosure (otherwise than under this Act) by the... Partially successful.
Request to Department for Transport by Alex Skene. Annotated by John Cross on 10 May 2009.
Unitary authority changes Dear Alex Skene Please find attached a letter formally enclosing the Council's response to your request for information under the Freedom of Infor... Successful.
All information sent by Cornwall Council to Alex Skene on 7 May 2009.
Unitary authority changes Dear Alex Skene Request pursuant to Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request No. 768 I refer to your recent enquiry for information held by the Cou... Successful.
All information sent by Bedford Borough Council to Alex Skene on 24 April 2009.
Unitary authority changes Mr Skene Further to your Freedom of Information request I would respond as follows; 1.FoI and EIR requests for the residuary bodies have either be... Successful.
All information sent by Northumberland Council to Alex Skene on 24 April 2009.
Unitary authority changes Dear Mr Skene In response to your request for information regarding treatment of existing submissions under FOI and EIR I would inform you that all... Successful.
All information sent by Cheshire East Council to Alex Skene on 6 April 2009.
Unitary authority changes Our Ref: 2194615 06-APR-09 Dear Alex Skene FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Your request for information on handling of Freed... Successful.
All information sent by Durham County Council to Alex Skene on 6 April 2009.
Unitary authority changes Please find attached response to your request for information Sharron Evans Corporate Information Officer Wiltshire Council Council Offices By... Successful.
All information sent by Wiltshire Council to Alex Skene on 3 April 2009.
Unitary authority changes Thank you for your email. Please find responses to your questions below: Regarding the new Cheshire West and Chester, and Cheshire East unitary a... Successful.
All information sent by Cheshire West & Chester Council to Alex Skene on 2 April 2009.
Unitary authority changes Dear Mr Skene, In answer to your queries, we reply as follows: 1) How you are treating in-progress FOI and EIR requests & internal reviews made to... Successful.
All information sent by Shropshire Council to Alex Skene on 2 April 2009.
House Committee 10 February Thank you for your request for information. In light of the Government's decision to withdraw the Freedom of Information (Parliament) Order, it wa... Successful.
All information sent by House of Lords to Alex Skene on 17 March 2009.
The BBC's FOIA Derogation and Internal Reviews At least part of the basis of this advice has now been invalidated by the recent House of Lords decision in the Sugar vs BBC case re the Balen report... Successful.
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Alex Skene. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 25 February 2009.
MPs expenses Dear Mr Skene Thank you for your request which is copied below. You clarify your request by asking only for the individual items of "work" that hav... Information not held.
Information not held by House of Commons to Alex Skene on 11 February 2009.
Blue Fin Building - Travel Plan Dear Mr Skene Thank you for your email. It would not be appropriate to enter into any further communication with you in relation to this matter. As p... Rejected.
Rejection by Southwark Borough Council to Alex Skene on 28 January 2009.
Scottish RSLs and freedom of information Many thanks for all the information provided - via the useful report provided in the first link, I was able to find the SHR "Regulatory Code of Gov... Successful.
Follow up sent to Scottish Housing Regulator by Alex Skene on 20 November 2008.
Malarone & NHS prescriptions Dear Mr Skene Please find attached the response to your request for an internal review. If you require any further information please do not hesitat... Partially successful.
Some information sent by Lewisham Primary Care Trust (PCT) to Alex Skene on 19 November 2008.

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Mr Geert Wilders The ICO's decision notice that John referred to on 8 January 2010 has now been published on their website: http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/de... Partially successful.
Request to Home Office by John Walker. Annotated by Alex Skene on 7 February 2010.
LG Act 1974 Part III Section 32(3) notices Hi Trevor FYI - the email reply "subject:" line containing the reference number they've asked for is "Halton Direct Link Enquiry - Corporate & Polic... Awaiting internal review.
Request to Halton Borough Council by Trevor R Nunn. Annotated by Alex Skene on 28 January 2010.
Number of schools The link provided has been truncated/word-wrapped - it should be: http://www.derby.gov.uk/ChilldrenSchoolsFamilies/SchoolsLifelongLearning/GeneralIn... Successful.
Request to Derby City Council by Julian Meston. Annotated by Alex Skene on 27 January 2010.
Wide Area Network The original request has been resent at the request of the council. Regards Alex - WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer Awaiting response.
Request to Hull City Council by Linda Doherty. Annotated by Alex Skene on 27 January 2010.
Request for Internal Review of I&PS FOI response on Passport Photos Quick update on this request: - 14/10/2009 - FOIA s50 Complaint made to ICO. - 06/11/2009 - New case reference number allocated by ICO - FS5027360... Rejected.
Request to Home Office by Alex Skene. Annotated by Alex Skene on 27 January 2010.
British Railways Board Hi Ben This site is relevant to your FOI request, looks like it still lives on... http://www.brb.gov.uk/freedom_of_information Successful.
Request to Department for Transport by Ben Harris. Annotated by Alex Skene on 21 January 2010.
Environmental standards of main Hampton College building Hi Francis Peterborough City Council is the main planning authority - there are a number of planning applications that you could request from them f... Information not held.
Request to Cambridgeshire County Council by Francis Irving. Annotated by Alex Skene on 17 January 2010.
CCTV/crime statistics It opens up OK in Microsoft Word - here is the content of the attachment: =============== Our Ref: FOI 596/09 Date: 3 September 2009 Direct Di... Successful.
Request to Sussex Police by Marie Koenigsberger. Annotated by Alex Skene on 16 January 2010.
Minimum Mileage Claim I've moved this FOI response back to the correct FOI request. It seems that Torfaen Council have logged the contact details for this request incorrec... Successful.
Request to Torfaen Council by Anthony King. Annotated by Alex Skene on 13 January 2010.
Expense Claim by Plaid Cllr Fiona Cross I've moved this FOI response back to the correct FOI request. It seems that Torfaen Council have logged the contact details for this request incorrec... Waiting clarification.
Request to Torfaen Council by Anthony King. Annotated by Alex Skene on 13 January 2010.
Drop-out rates The University have been in touch with us to let us know that the requester "has confirmed that he no longer requires the information". I have there... Withdrawn by the requester.
Request to University of Bedfordshire by Dan Perry. Annotated by Alex Skene on 13 January 2010.
looked after children You can see the following information if you click the "show quoted sections" link: I've therefore re-classified this request as "Not held" Thanks... Information not held.
Request to Havant Borough Council by Angela Wileman. Annotated by Alex Skene on 13 January 2010.
Information on traffic flows in LS26 It looks like this is the problem with the PDF - I see the same error message as described on the support website of the software package "ArcMap 9.2"... Partially successful.
Request to Leeds City Council by Emily Shaw. Annotated by Alex Skene on 9 January 2010.
Value for Public Money The email has been truncated - it should be: http://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/ieSearchResults2.aspx?SS=value+for+money&DT=3&WI=0&CA=false&SB=true&CX=r... Partially successful.
Request to Wirral Borough Council by John H Hutchinson. Annotated by Alex Skene on 7 January 2010.
Access to records. I've copied & pasted the text from the password-protected word document below... I'm not sure why they would do this, given that they're replying to... Partially successful.
Request to King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust by Paul Gaffney. Annotated by Alex Skene on 1 January 2010.
FND subcontractors - by contract They've forgotten to append "Annex A" to the attached letter - it's worth sending a follow-up to obtain this... Long overdue.
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Daniel Johnston. Annotated by Alex Skene on 1 January 2010.
Planning Committee Meeting minutes 8th December 2009 The minutes for the meeting requested can be found here: http://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=17952 Successful.
Request to Chelmsford Borough Council by Andrea Taylor. Annotated by Alex Skene on 1 January 2010.
HMRC Scientology tax exemption It is interesting to note that so far, no appeal to the ICO has been successful in overturning a s44 exemption relating to CRCA 2005... http://foiwi... Rejected.
Request to HM Revenue & Customs by William Thackeray. Annotated by Alex Skene on 24 December 2009.
Child Safety on the Internet The response is in the last mail, however you have click "show quoted sections" to view it. Direct link: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/chi... Successful.
Request to East Sussex County Council by Mrs Fitzsimons. Annotated by Alex Skene on 5 December 2009.
hernia info This request was re-submitted & is answered here: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/hernia_ops_2#incoming-20674 Successful.
Request to Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust by martin. Annotated by Alex Skene on 4 December 2009.
Strange symbol on cover of UK Passports. "All ePassports can be recognized by the internationally recognized symbol that is printed on the front cover. This electronic passport symbol is defi... Successful.
Request to Home Office by Pharmassay Int'l Ltd.. Annotated by Alex Skene on 25 November 2009.
Amount of legal action taken in relation to postcode data Some background on some of the cases mentioned: - Ernest Marples (Sep 09) http://ernestmarples.com/blog/ - Royal Mail v I-CD Publishing (UK) Ltd (... Successful.
Request to Royal Mail Group by Heather Brooke. Annotated by Alex Skene on 18 November 2009.
Rates: Scientology The ICO have now published the Decision Notice http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/decisionnotices/2009/fs_50241934.pdf "Whilst the Commissione... Rejected.
Request to City of London Corporation by William Thackeray. Annotated by Alex Skene on 17 November 2009.
Vehicle registrations including the number "999" They said: "Section 12 of the FOI Act exempts the DVLA from complying with a request where the cost in determining whether we hold the infor... Partially successful.
Request to Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency by James West. Annotated by Alex Skene on 17 November 2009.
Directly Operated Railways Directly Operated Railways Ltd is a 100% owned subsidiary of Dft. It's been added to WhatDoTheyKnow.com here: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/di... Successful.
Request to Department for Transport by paul. Annotated by Alex Skene on 14 November 2009.