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Alex Skene

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This person's 44 Freedom of Information requests

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... Awaiting classification.
Request to House of Commons by Alex Skene. Annotated by Dutch Antaris on 18 June 2009.
Request for Internal Review of I&PS FOI response on Passport Photos Ref FOICR 9526/08 Please could you provide an update on the status of your internal review of my request. It's nearly ONE YEAR since I requested... Awaiting internal review.
Internal review request sent to Home Office by Alex Skene on 8 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.
Non-Domestic Energy Performance Certificate Register Dear Mr Skene, Please find attached a response to your EIR Request. Yours sincerely, Phil Beschizza EPC / HCR Register Delivery Communities & Local... Rejected.
Rejection by Department for Communities and Local Government to Alex Skene on 25 March 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.
Government Hospitality Cellar stock list Dear Mr Skene, In her letter of 10th February, the Deputy Director of Protocol, Jackie Barson, explained that further thought was being given to the... Rejected.
Rejection by Government Hospitality Advisory Committee for the Purchase of Wine to Alex Skene on 27 February 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.
Advice on pseudonyms Dear Alex Further to your information request dated 9 November 2008, please find attached the following: 1. the legal advice received by the C... Successful.
All information sent by Scottish Information Commissioner to Alex Skene on 10 November 2008.
SIC template letters The templates were successfully received - many thanks for providing all the information requested so quickly! Kind regards, Alex Successful.
Follow up sent to Scottish Information Commissioner by Alex Skene on 10 November 2008.
Current FOI case list Thank you very much for providing this information, it is much appreciated, especially given that you and your office have spent much time above an... Successful.
Follow up sent to Information Commissioner’s Office by Alex Skene on 10 October 2008.

This person's 198 annotations

Percentage of Freedom Of Information Act requests refused by HMRC It's there, but the URL got broken due to a line break: http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/docs/foi-statistics-report-2008.pdf Partially successful.
Request to HM Revenue & Customs by Simon Kloot. Annotated by Alex Skene on 5 July 2009.
Why dont south yorkshire police investigate SS perjury Hi They've asked for clarification, so the FOI clock stops until this is provided... The ICO won't consider an appeal until all internal complaints... Response overdue.
Request to South Yorkshire Police by Ian Eskriett. Annotated by Alex Skene on 4 July 2009.
Westminster's Zipcar Scheme They failed to provide full details for their section 43 exemptions - see following: http://foiwiki.com/foiwiki/index.php/Section43 - no prejudice... Awaiting internal review.
Request to Westminster City Council by Mr Sawyer. Annotated by Alex Skene on 29 June 2009.
DUTY OF CARE / ETHICAL? - Is this below fair and appropriate ? If you're prepared to queue or meet their referral requirements, you can be seen for free at a dental hospital by dental students under supervision.... Awaiting internal review.
Request to General Dental Council by Julie Shrive. Annotated by Alex Skene on 22 June 2009.
Pathology A new address has now been found for the Trust, and this FOI request has been resent. Apologies for the delay. Awaiting classification.
Request to Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust by Len Konopinski. Annotated by Alex Skene on 16 June 2009.
authority vs force? The Chief Constable is effectively the "body corporate" for the Police Force, so they can do things like enter into contracts with vendors (eg to buy... Awaiting response.
Request to Devon & Cornwall Police Authority by mark-william:baker. Annotated by Alex Skene on 15 June 2009.
access to ponds survey Arrowe Country Park - Wirral We're trying a new address... Awaiting response.
Request to United Utilities Water PLC by VAL CURTIS. Annotated by Alex Skene on 15 June 2009.
Arrowe Country Park - Pond Survey (recent) As a provider of public sewerage/water supply services, UU are subject to the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. You can request environmen... Information not held.
Request to Wirral Borough Council by VAL CURTIS. Annotated by Alex Skene on 7 June 2009.
Contactpoint - Children's Database FOI Act Section 14(2) applies to repeated requests. Section 14(1) is for vexatious requests, more information on this exemption is available here, wh... Awaiting internal review.
Request to Kent County Council by S Davis. Annotated by Alex Skene on 6 June 2009.
PLANS FOR VICTORIA PIER The public authorities generally can't see annotations as they access and reply to the FOI requests via email. You should send them the link and appr... Successful.
Request to Colwyn Bay Town Council / Cyngor Tref Bae Colwyn by Mr Hall. Annotated by Alex Skene on 5 June 2009.
PLANS FOR VICTORIA PIER You may wish to point out to the Council the following ICO document: http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/library/freedom_of_information/practical... Successful.
Request to Colwyn Bay Town Council / Cyngor Tref Bae Colwyn by Mr Hall. Annotated by Alex Skene on 5 June 2009.
KCC/European elections -overnight count / pencil Local electoral officers are not officially covered by the FOI Act http://foiwiki.com/foiwiki/index.php/Organisations_and_officials_with_public_resp... Rejected.
Request to Kent County Council by S Davis. Annotated by Alex Skene on 5 June 2009.
Survey of listed building proposed for demolition The 2 correct links are: http://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/portal/submissions.do?action=ViewPublicCaseDetails&applicationRef=07/01231/LBC htt... Successful.
Request to Historic Scotland by julie logan. Annotated by Alex Skene on 3 June 2009.
Coronary Tender Scoring I've been able to decode the mysterious attachment - I'll upload it to the site shortly. Awaiting classification.
Request to Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust by Siobhan Gibson. Annotated by Alex Skene on 1 June 2009.
Robert Fraser's Relocation Expenses Apologies, this FOI request is currently attracting spam emails, because the address used for the request is in one of the PDF attachments. The WhatD... Rejected.
Request to University of Glasgow by Craig Halliday. Annotated by Alex Skene on 1 June 2009.
Home education and abuse - statistics The following email was received by the whatdotheyknow team from the Council: ====== I would note that the request below is still showing as overdu... Successful.
Request to Newcastle upon Tyne City Council by C Murton. Annotated by Alex Skene on 31 May 2009.
9395_church_scientology: request electonic copy Scanned text from covering letter: ================ Home Office 4th Floor, Seacole Building, London SW1P 4DF Telephone: 0207 035 1029 E-mail: Info... Partially successful.
Request to Home Office by William Thackeray. Annotated by Alex Skene on 31 May 2009.
9395_church_scientology: request electonic copy 2 CDs have arrived, with the following files. CD1: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/files/request/9395_church_scientology_request/cd1/CHURCH%20OF%20SI... Partially successful.
Request to Home Office by William Thackeray. Annotated by Alex Skene on 31 May 2009.
Demolition of Ashley House A couple of points - the council should have made it clear it considered the information you requested to be environmental in nature, and said that... Rejected.
Request to Bristol City Council by Katherine Lethbridge-Tatlow. Annotated by Alex Skene on 29 May 2009.
investigation reports and responses to these The link in the reply is wrapped over 2 lines, it should be: http://www.spso.org.uk/how-complain/complaining-about-spso/challenges-casework-decisio... Successful.
Request to Scottish Public Services Ombudsman by R. Burton. Annotated by Alex Skene on 26 May 2009.
missing bus stop signs in Botley Road Fair Oak This isn't really a freedom of information request - websites such as http://www.fixmystreet.com are better places to send these types of complaints.... Successful.
Request to Hampshire County Council by Hilary Newton. Annotated by Alex Skene on 20 May 2009.
Cambridge Road Milton and Cowley Road Cambridge Prohibition of Driving Order 2002 They've probably done some bad copy & pasting - the fee should probably be challenged with the authority, then the ICO. Rejected.
Request to Cambridgeshire County Council by Ben Harris. Annotated by Alex Skene on 20 May 2009.
Cambridge Road Milton and Cowley Road Cambridge Prohibition of Driving Order 2002 Clause 8(2)(b) of EIR states: 8(2) A public authority shall not make any charge for allowing an applicant— (b) to examine the information requested... Rejected.
Request to Cambridgeshire County Council by Ben Harris. Annotated by Alex Skene on 19 May 2009.
Goetz Lusitania Medallion: Imperial War Museum :"REPLY" document evidence. The enclosures referred to in the above request have been passed to the WhatDoTheyKnow.com team and are linked as follows: Letter from Imperial War... Response overdue.
Request to Department for Culture, Media and Sport by Robert G.Wright.. Annotated by Alex Skene on 17 May 2009.
electoral roll anonymity The Electoral Commission might also be a good place to ask - they provide a form on a password-protected area of their website called "Application for... Successful.
Request to Ministry of Justice by m sykes. Annotated by Alex Skene on 17 May 2009.