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Ben Harris
Joined WhatDoTheyKnow in 2008
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This person's 67 Freedom of Information requests
Non-prescribed traffic signs (2011)
Follow up
sent to Department for Transport by Ben Harris on 9 February 2012.
Refused.
Thank you. I'm very pleased to hear of your plans to (presumably routinely) publish lists of traffic sign authorisations, and look forward to hear...
Traffic regulation orders for Cambridge (2011)
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sent to Cambridgeshire County Council by Ben Harris on 2 February 2012.
Successful.
Thanks for the list of TROs. That's just what I wanted.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Harris
Pleasure boat byelaws
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sent to Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council by Ben Harris on 15 December 2011.
Successful.
That's marvellous; thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Harris
Port of Boston byelaws
Awaiting response.
by Port of Boston Limited to Ben Harris on 6 December 2011.
Long overdue.
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Port of King's Lynn byelaws
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sent to Kings Lynn Conservancy Board by Ben Harris on 2 December 2011.
Successful.
Thank you for sending me your byelaws.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Harris
Port of Wisbech byelaws
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sent to Fenland District Council by Ben Harris on 27 October 2011.
Successful.
Thank you for sending me the Port of Wisbech Byelaws. They're just what I was after.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Harris
Busway byelaws
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sent to Cambridgeshire County Council by Ben Harris on 15 August 2011.
Successful.
Thank you for your prompt and helpful response to my question.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Harris
2010 Cambridge traffic sign authorisations
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sent to Department for Transport by Ben Harris on 3 March 2011.
Successful.
Thank you. Those a just what I wanted.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Harris
Traffic regulation orders for Cambridge (2010)
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sent to Cambridgeshire County Council by Ben Harris on 22 February 2011.
Successful.
Thank you for the additional information.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Harris
Orders under s143(4) LSA 2000
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sent to Department for Education by Ben Harris on 10 February 2011.
Successful.
Thank you for pointing me to SI 2001/1119. It's precisely what I was looking for.
Ben Harris
PCT community services divestment routes
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by Department of Health to Ben Harris on 9 February 2011.
Successful.
Email Content stored in attached file 'Long_Email_Body_09_02_2011.html'.
Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and...
Arrangements with Harmoni
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sent to North East Essex Primary Care Trust (PCT) by Ben Harris on 7 February 2011.
Successful.
Thank you. That makes everything (or at least, everything relevant) clear.
Ben Harris
Non-prescribed traffic signs for 2010
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For earlier authorisations, see:
2008–2009: <http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/non_prescribed_traffic_signs_to#incoming-68171>
1992–2008: <http...
Orders under s143(4) LSA 2000
Request to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills by Ben Harris. Annotated by Ben Harris on 19 January 2011.
Information not held.
I've sent an identical request to DfE:
<http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/orders_under_s1434_lsa_2000_2>
List of recognised FE institutions
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sent to Department for Employment and Learning (Northern Ireland) by Ben Harris on 6 January 2011.
Successful.
Thank you for the information. I'd found the list of colleges on your Web site, but it wasn't clear that it was the full list of recognised instit...
Constitutional nature of BRERC
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sent to Bristol City Council by Ben Harris on 23 December 2010.
Successful.
Thank you. That's precisely what I wanted to know.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Harris
Enforcement procedures for driving prohibition
Partially successful.
by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to Ben Harris on 15 December 2010.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Harris
With regard to your request for information, please see the attached
response letter.
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation T...
City of Cambridge Area G (Consolidation) Order 1993 (Amendment No. 35A) Order 2010
Request to Cambridgeshire County Council by Ben Harris. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 17 November 2010.
Successful.
I have commented on the document released in response to this request at:
http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/access-restrictions-addenbrookes-road.html#commen...
Bus lane on Madingley Road at M11 J13
Information not held.
The order seems to have been made now: <http://bjh21.me.uk/traffic/h09.pdf>
Working drawings for traffic sign alphabets
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sent to Welsh Assembly Government/Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru by Ben Harris on 11 October 2010.
Successful.
Thank you for the traffic sign drawings. They're just what I wanted.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Harris
Cambridge traffic sign authorisation plans
Successful.
by Department for Transport to Ben Harris on 21 September 2010.
Successful.
Dear Mr Harris,
I attach the first of the other 2 plans.
Regards,
Kate Soley Barton
Traffic Signs Policy
Department for Transport
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Revoked pedestrian zone TROs
Successful.
by Cambridgeshire County Council to Ben Harris on 20 September 2010.
Successful.
The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you receive this email by mis...
TRO: Width restriction on Roman Road
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sent to Cambridgeshire County Council by Ben Harris on 17 September 2010.
Refused.
Thank you for your reply regarding TROs affecting Cambridge byway 111, and apologies for my previous failure to find them on your Web pages, which...
Variable message signs in central Cambridge
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sent to Cambridgeshire County Council by Ben Harris on 20 August 2010.
Successful.
Excellent. Thank you for your helpful responses.
Ben Harris
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Something seems to have gone badly wrong with the part of WhatDoTheyKnow that censors PDF files. I've put uncensored (and hence undamaged) copies of...
Alumni giving
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The message immediately above is the one that was sent to the wrong address earlier.
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Ben Harris, WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer.
Handbooks and other items
Handled by post.
You should have been able to set the state using the "Update the status of this request" link at the bottom of the page. Anyway, I've set it correctl...
Digital Dictation
Request to Knowsley Primary Care Trust (PCT) by Marc Cousins. Annotated by Ben Harris on 8 January 2012.
Information not held.
The address given is the FOI address at 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, which incorporates Knowsley Integrated Provider Services. Reques...
Legal basis for use of Mosquito teen deterrent
Successful.
A number of annotations have been removed from this request because they were only tangentially connected to the subject of the request itself.
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Noise complaint Hartford
Request to Cheshire West and Chester Council by Jan Cosgrove. Annotated by Ben Harris on 5 January 2012.
Partially successful.
A number of annotations have been removed from this request because they were only tangentially connected to the subject of the request itself.
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Bus Services and Subsidies
Request to Northumberland County Council by Jasmine Chahal. Annotated by Ben Harris on 1 January 2012.
Successful.
The response dated 4th August above was originally sent to the wrong address, which is why it appears our of order.
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Plastic bottle recycling
Successful.
If you want to trace the next step, you can request information from the Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority here:
<http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/bo...
The response dated 21st October above was sent to the address for a different request, which is why it appears out of order.
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Ben Harris, WhatDo...
Policy on Service User Recording of Meetings with the LA
Information not held.
The mis-addressed reply mentioned above has now been moved to its correct request.
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Ben Harris, WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer.
Civil Enforcement Officer uniform
Request to Tower Hamlets Borough Council by Richard Killip. Annotated by Ben Harris on 15 December 2011.
Successful.
The above response was misdirected to another request. Richard Killip replied to it as follows:
“Dear Jane
“Thank you for your response.
“Can y...
Regulation 9 and 10 Penalty Charge Notices
Request to Tower Hamlets Borough Council by Richard Killip. Annotated by Ben Harris on 15 December 2011.
Partially successful.
The outgoing message dated 10th December above was attached to this message by mistake. It should have been attached to <http://www.whatdotheyknow.co...
Information on your ICT setup
Request to Common Council of the City of London by Simon. Annotated by Ben Harris on 15 December 2011.
Successful.
The original response, which was received on 5th September 2011, has been removed because it contained the signature of the sender. The new version a...
Employees earning less than £7.20/hr
Request to King’s College, Cambridge by Richard Johnson. Annotated by Ben Harris on 12 December 2011.
Awaiting internal review.
It doesn't look like King's College has responded to any of the requests submitted to it through WhatDoTheyKnow. I suspect that a reference to the In...
Testing
Withdrawn by the requester.
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Carraige and Highway Maintenance
Awaiting classification.
The Decision Notice is here: <http://www.ico.gov.uk/~/media/documents/decisionnotices/2011/fer_0417414.ashx>
It looks as though Ms Pointer's email address doesn't work. You can use the "Send follow up" link on the first message to send a message to the centr...
Continuing Healthcare and Spinal Cord Injury
Request to Leicestershire County and Rutland Primary Care Trust (PCT) by Dan Burden. Annotated by Ben Harris on 2 December 2011.
Refused.
The response to this request is here: <http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/continuing_healtcare_for_spinal#incoming-226162>
New CCTV mobile enforcement vehicle
Request to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council by Roger Green. Annotated by Ben Harris on 30 November 2011.
Successful.
In case it's not obvious, the substantive part of the response is only visible if you click "show quoted sections".
Temporary Staff
Successful.
Derby College have told us that they didn't receive this request, so I shall re-send it.
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Ben Harris, WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer.
Temporary Staff
Long overdue.
I've asked Southport College if they can make their FOI email address work. Meanwhile, I've arranged to use another less suitable one that I found on...
RSPCA - 219099
Request to Charity Commission for England and Wales by David Mawson. Annotated by Ben Harris on 25 November 2011.
Successful.
This request is a duplicate of <http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/rspca_219099_3>, which received a substantive reply.
GP Practice Managers
Request to Central and Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) by Marc Cousins. Annotated by Ben Harris on 20 November 2011.
Successful.
I’ve put an uncensored copy of the attachment at <http://files.whatdotheyknow.com/request/gp_practice_managers_21/RequestX32711XPracticeXManagerXConta...
GP Practice Managers
Request to Herefordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) by Marc Cousins. Annotated by Ben Harris on 20 November 2011.
Successful.
I’ve put a less censored copy of the body of this message at <http://files.whatdotheyknow.com/request/gp_practice_managers_43/part2.html>.
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Digital Dictation
Request to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust by Marc Cousins. Annotated by Ben Harris on 31 October 2011.
Successful.
It looks like the trust has an over-enthusiastic spam filter. I've asked them if they can adjust it.
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Ben Harris, WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer.
