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Andrew Watson
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This person's 32 Freedom of Information requests
"Quick Check" fingerprint unit training manuals
Awaiting response.
by UK Border Agency to Andrew Watson on 9 February 2012.
Awaiting response.
Dear Andrew Watson
Thank you for your e mails dated 8th February concerning:
1. "Quick Check" fingerprint unit training manuals
2. IRIS image captur...
IRIS image capture attempts
Request sent to UK Border Agency by Andrew Watson on 8 February 2012.
Awaiting response.
This is a request, under the Freedom of Information Act, for data about the operation of the UK Border Agency's Iris Recognition Immigration System...
Lantern Operating Point Assessment
Follow up
sent to National Policing Improvement Agency by Andrew Watson on 4 February 2012.
Awaiting internal review.
On 1st November 2011 you acknowledged my request for an internal review of your handling of my FOI request for the "Lantern Operating Point Assessm...
"I'm Spartacus" advertisement
Awaiting response.
by Identity and Passport Service to Andrew Watson on 31 January 2012.
Delayed.
Dear Mr Watson,
Thank you for your email of 12 January. Please find document attached.
<<21233 A Watson PIT .pdf>>
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of...
Biometric roll check system at HMP Isis
Awaiting response.
by HM Prison Service to Andrew Watson on 25 January 2012.
Awaiting response.
Dear Mr Watson
Please see attached an acknowledgement to your recent FoI request.
Darren Fearnley
Briefing and Information Team
MoJ Estate Director...
Project IRIS performance data, 2009 to date
Partially successful.
by UK Border Agency to Andrew Watson on 14 December 2011.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Watson,
Please find the attached documents in response to your request.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Team
UK Border...
Project Lantern reports
Request to National Policing Improvement Agency by Andrew Watson. Annotated by Andrew Watson on 23 November 2011.
Partially successful.
Appeal against the redactions now lodged with the ICO.
Independent Scheme Assurance Panel (ISAP)
Partially successful.
by Identity and Passport Service to Andrew Watson on 28 October 2011.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Watson,
Thank you for your email of 21 September. Please find a response attached.
<<Andrew Watson FOI 15904 further ISAP minutes.pdf>> <<...
Bluecheck II devices and MobileID service
Successful.
by Essex Police to Andrew Watson on 23 September 2011.
Successful.
I am out of the office and back on Monday 26th Sept. so your message will not be seen until then and I will respond, if required, on my return.
If ur...
Thanks for sending me Surrey Police's "Manual of Policy and Guidance - Mobile Fingerprint Identification Devices."
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Wats...
Impact of Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 on census confidentiality
Request to Office for National Statistics by Andrew Watson. Annotated by Andrew Watson on 1 August 2011.
Information not held.
ONS's response above was sent as a graphical PDF, which means that it won't be indexed by any search engines.
To help anyone else interested in this...
Cambridgeshire Traffic Management Cameras
Successful.
by Cambridgeshire County Council to Andrew Watson on 12 July 2011.
Successful.
Dear Mr Watson,
I write with reference to your request 7 July 2011, regarding Traffic
management cameras.
Please find attached the requested inform...
FOI disclosures since August 2010 not on IPS log
Request to Identity and Passport Service by Andrew Watson. Annotated by Andrew Watson on 13 June 2011.
Refused.
I've labelled this request as "Refused", since they've told me that they plan to publish the information on their web site at a future date. I think t...
Manchester airport Passport-swapping incident
Refused.
by UK Border Agency to Andrew Watson on 11 March 2011.
Refused.
Dear Mr. Watson,
Please find enclosed our reply to your FOI query regarding the ePassport
Gates at Manchester.
Yours sincerely,
The ePass...
Use of National Identity Scheme at Manchester and London City airports
Partially successful.
by Identity and Passport Service to Andrew Watson on 4 March 2011.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Watson,
Further to our interim responses of 1 February and 2 March, please find
substantive response and related documents attached.
<<17...
Nuisance Vehicle Online System User Guide
Refused.
by Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to Andrew Watson on 24 January 2011.
Refused.
Dear Mr Watson,
Please find attached the reply to your e-mail.
Regards,
FOI Team
DVLA
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Corporate Management Ser...
WEE user numbers
Follow up
sent to Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency by Andrew Watson on 15 November 2010.
Partially successful.
Many thanks for your rapid and informative reply to my request on 'WEE user numbers'.
Yours Sincerely,
Andrew Watson
Bedford Borough Council access to DVLA vehicle register
Follow up
sent to Bedford Borough Council by Andrew Watson on 1 October 2010.
Successful.
Many thanks for supplying copies of the correspondence.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Watson
DVLA audit of local authority access to vehicle register
Successful.
by Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to Andrew Watson on 28 September 2010.
Successful.
Dear Mr Watson,
Please find attached the reply to your Freedom Of Information request.
Thanks & Regards,
Freedom of Information
DVLA
Annex A Your...
Stroud District Council use of DVLA vehicle register
Successful.
by Stroud District Council to Andrew Watson on 20 September 2010.
Successful.
Dear Mr Watson,
Please find attached the correspondence between Stroud District Council
and the DVLA from the 1^st January 2010, as per your FOI...
Minutes of Public Panel meetings
Successful.
This request has now been successful, in that it has helped shake loose the requested minutes from IPS.
There are (at least) two questionable assert...
Procedures for handling UK identity cards handed in as lost property
Successful.
by Home Office to Andrew Watson on 23 April 2010.
Successful.
Mr Watson
please find attached a response to your request for an internal review
Diana Pottinger Information Access Consultant
Information Managem...
Statistics on the accuracy of DVLA records
Successful.
by Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to Andrew Watson on 10 March 2010.
Successful.
Dear Mr Watson,
Please find attached the reply to your request.
Thanks & Regards,
FOI - DVLA
February 2010 09:57:32 >>>
Dear Driver and Vehicl...
Procedures for handling lost Identity Cards
Successful.
by Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to Andrew Watson on 25 February 2010.
Successful.
Dear Mr Watson
Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2010020001934
I write in connection with your request for information that was receive...
Recruitment of IPS Independent Expert Advisors
Partially successful.
by Home Office to Andrew Watson on 19 February 2010.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Watson,
Thank you for your email of 27 January. Please find a response attached.
<<13893 A Watson response.doc>>
Yours faithfully,
Free...
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Project Lantern reports
Request to National Policing Improvement Agency by Andrew Watson. Annotated by Andrew Watson on 23 November 2011.
Partially successful.
Appeal against the redactions now lodged with the ICO.
Independent Scheme Assurance Panel (ISAP)
Request to Identity and Passport Service by Andrew Watson. Annotated by Andrew Watson on 21 September 2011.
Partially successful.
Here's a list of known or suspected ISAP meeting dates from 2006-2009, with the names of the corresponding minutes file supplied by the Home Office. W...
Independent Scheme Assurance Panel (ISAP)
Request to Identity and Passport Service by Andrew Watson. Annotated by Andrew Watson on 23 August 2011.
Partially successful.
I appealed this refusal to the Information Commissioner, who has now found in my favour. The ICO's decision notice is here:
http://www.ico.gov.uk/~/...
Impact of Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 on census confidentiality
Request to Office for National Statistics by Andrew Watson. Annotated by Andrew Watson on 1 August 2011.
Information not held.
ONS's response above was sent as a graphical PDF, which means that it won't be indexed by any search engines.
To help anyone else interested in this...
FOI disclosures since August 2010 not on IPS log
Request to Identity and Passport Service by Andrew Watson. Annotated by Andrew Watson on 13 June 2011.
Refused.
I've labelled this request as "Refused", since they've told me that they plan to publish the information on their web site at a future date. I think t...
Impact of Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 on census confidentiality
Request to Office for National Statistics by Andrew Watson. Annotated by Andrew Watson on 13 May 2011.
Information not held.
Called again, and spoke to Nicola Shearman. Apparently someone should already have written to me asking me to clarify my request, as there's an awful...
Impact of Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 on census confidentiality
Request to Office for National Statistics by Andrew Watson. Annotated by Andrew Watson on 19 April 2011.
Information not held.
Called ONS again on 19th April to see if there's any further news. Pleasant conversation with "Paul", who confirms that this request is on their list,...
Impact of Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 on census confidentiality
Request to Office for National Statistics by Andrew Watson. Annotated by Andrew Watson on 5 April 2011.
Information not held.
I called at 1134 on 5th April. A helpful chap at ONS confirms that the request has been received, and has been sent to the relevant department within...
Nuisance Vehicle Online System User Guide
Request to Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency by Andrew Watson. Annotated by Andrew Watson on 3 November 2010.
Refused.
Information relating to how the system is secured has been redacted. This makes it hard to assess how good the security is, and leads to the suspicion...
Bedford Borough Council access to DVLA vehicle register
Request to Bedford Borough Council by Andrew Watson. Annotated by Andrew Watson on 27 September 2010.
Successful.
This reply contains a lot of interesting and useful information. However, Bedford Council has not (yet) supplied the copies of the correspondence that...
Independent Scheme Assurance Panel (ISAP)
Request to Identity and Passport Service by Andrew Watson. Annotated by Andrew Watson on 21 September 2010.
Partially successful.
A quick summary of the attached document:
IPS is considering whether it's "in the public interest" for some of the data to be disclosed (presumably...
Quotes on 'Using your identity card' web page
Successful.
The offending web page has of course now disappeared off the IPS web site, but a snapshot is preserved for posterity by the Public Records Office here...
Minutes of Public Panel meetings
Successful.
This request has now been successful, in that it has helped shake loose the requested minutes from IPS.
There are (at least) two questionable assert...
Have just spoken to H Reid again on the 'phone. The request is held up in the particular policy team that looks after this area. It is hoped that it w...
Have just spoken to H Reid at the Identity & Passport Service on the 'phone. Very helpful. I'm told that the original request (sent on 20th December)...
Defect rate of ePassport chips & validity of ePassports with defective chips
Request to Identity and Passport Service by Andrew Watson. Annotated by Andrew Watson on 4 June 2009.
Partially successful.
I asked how many passport chips were reported by the holders as being faulty, and how many were actually faulty, but IPS responded as though these wer...
Project IRIS performance data
Successful.
The data in this FOI response does not tally with data I received from the Home Office in an earlier FOI request in 2007 (not made through WhatDoTheyK...
