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Ben Tweedy

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This person's 22 Freedom of Information requests

Consultation with the BMF Thank you for your reply updating me with the status of this request. I look forward to receiving the information requested by the end of next w... Awaiting internal review.
Internal review request sent to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy on 19 March 2010.
Verrus Pay By Phone You have supplied information that conflicts completely with information given on your website, so therefore have not provided any information. P... Delayed.
Clarification sent to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy on 16 March 2010.
Consultation with the BMF Instead of resubmitting your FOI many times, why don't you refer it to the ICO on the grounds that WCC refuse to answer it? Awaiting response.
Request to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy. Annotated by M Laurent on 9 March 2010.
Charging to Park until midnight The point i was trying to make has obviously alluded you. I find it amazing that, although your "council" continues to claim that these measures ar... Information not held.
Follow up sent to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy on 5 March 2010.
Consultation with the BMF In response to FOI 4225, you advise that you consulted the British Motorcyclist Federation (BMF) with regards to the motorcycle parking. You also... Awaiting response.
Request sent to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy on 5 March 2010.
Consultation with the BMF Not acknowledging this FOI request will not make it go away, as i will continue submitting it until you provide a reasonable answer. I will send it... Awaiting response.
Follow up sent to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy on 5 March 2010.
Parking Transactions Brilliant! Just worked out the Verrus, the Canadian provider of the crappy pay by phone system get paid just over £200K (yeah thats right, £200,OOO) i... Successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 1 March 2010.
Motorcycle Parking Bays & Spaces No To Bike Parking Taxes http://www.notobikeparkingtax.com/ Partially successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy. Annotated by Norris on 4 February 2010.
Angela Harvey and Cyclists Apologies, please ignore my last email. I have found the link on the word.doc rather than the html page that the whatdotheyknow website provide.... Long overdue.
Follow up sent to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy on 1 February 2010.
Motorcycle Security Devices Dear Mr Tweedy, Please find enclosed a response to your FOI request - 4889. Yours sincerely Gordon Deas Departmental Records Officer Parking... Partially successful.
Some information sent by Westminster City Council to Ben Tweedy on 29 January 2010.
PCN Targets - Cllr Chalkley Investigation Dear Mr Tweedy, Thank you for your email. The reason why the provided link does not appear to work is due to the fact that, because of how long... Long overdue.
Acknowledgement by Westminster City Council to Ben Tweedy on 22 December 2009.
Consultation with BMF I am withdrawing this request as i have asked it again and don't wish to complicate matters further for WCC. Withdrawn by the requester.
Request to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 1 December 2009.
Westminster Calculations Dear Tanya Please justify how you can term MY FOI request as vexatious from the annotation made by a third party. As the Whatdotheyknow website can... Long overdue.
Follow up sent to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy on 30 October 2009.
Motorcycle Bay Dimensions Dear Mr Tweedy, Please find enclosed a response to your FOI request - 4432. Your sincerely Customer Relations <<FOI4432 tweedy fs.doc>> +-... Rejected.
Rejection by Westminster City Council to Ben Tweedy on 23 October 2009.
Results of Internal Reviews Dear Mr Tweedy, Please find attached our response to your email of the 21st October 2009. <<Response to Request for Internal Review - Tweedy FOI... Partially successful.
Some information sent by Westminster City Council to Ben Tweedy on 22 October 2009.
Security Devices Please acknowledge receipt of this FOI request follow up, as you only have one day left to answer it before you break the FOI Act 2000. Yours fa... Long overdue.
Follow up sent to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy on 22 October 2009.
Residents Permits Dear Mr Tweedy, Please find the enclosed attachment below: <<FOI4446 Tweedy kr.doc>> +--------------------------------------------------------... Successful.
All information sent by Westminster City Council to Ben Tweedy on 19 October 2009.
Why are FOI requests edited before reaching Westminster City Council This was answered in another FOI request. Withdrawn by the requester.
Request to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 28 September 2009.
Editing of FOI requests If Whatdotheyknow.com is a legal and open way of asking for information why doesn't Westminster City Councils FOI Teams system reflect that? In my m... Successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy. Annotated by Pors Tonith on 15 September 2009.
Contact with Westminster City Council Link: [1]File-List 11th September 2009 Case Reference Number IRQ0266525 Dear Mr Tweedy I write further to your request for information... Successful.
All information sent by Information Commissioner’s Office to Ben Tweedy on 11 September 2009.
How is the Motorcycle parking Charges "Revenue-Neutral"? Dear Mr Tweedy, Dear Mr Tweedy Thank you for your further email regarding our recent FOI Response. Under the Freedom of Information Act (2000),... Partially successful.
Some information sent by Westminster City Council to Ben Tweedy on 4 September 2009.
CEO's scooters parked in Motorcycle bays If they were stolen (the tax discs) then why when I also reported them to the police did they then arrive in Golden Square at lunchtime and take the t... Partially successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy. Annotated by CHARLIE LORT-PHILLIPS on 28 August 2009.

This person's 31 annotations

Parking Transactions Brilliant! Just worked out the Verrus, the Canadian provider of the crappy pay by phone system get paid just over £200K (yeah thats right, £200,OOO) i... Successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 1 March 2010.
Motorcycle security devices recently purchased Funny how they choose what to and what not to answer. they completely ignored this question... "I can see from the screen shot that the price is £0,... Information not held.
Request to Westminster City Council by J Smith. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 28 January 2010.
Treatment of Freedom of Information Requests - Subjects - Outcomes - Time to Respond So that proves that WCC are telling pork pies then. If the oldest listed was 25-11-09, and the most recent was 20-1-10, and that the ICO wrote to them... Successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Marlon Campbell. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 27 January 2010.
Treatment of Freedom of Information Requests - Subjects - Outcomes - Time to Respond Thats utter rubbish about not being contacted by the ICO. A recent FOI request (about how much money from parking goes to Verrus UK) was refused but a... Successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Marlon Campbell. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 26 January 2010.
Motorcycle security devices recently purchased They also failed to answer your question....."Please can you clarify the wording "if the motorcycle parking scheme becomes permanent", as I thought t... Information not held.
Request to Westminster City Council by J Smith. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 26 January 2010.
Motorcycle security devices recently purchased Good follow up! I was going to mention that when they responded to my FOI, they said that installation wasn't included, now it is and at a cost of £0!... Information not held.
Request to Westminster City Council by J Smith. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 26 January 2010.
Cllr Angela Harvey - data regarding collision between cyclist / little old ladies That similar FOI request is mine. I was outraged when i read her comments, and I'm not even a cyclists. I do hope she has the data to back up her stat... Rejected.
Request to Westminster City Council by Joanne CLegg. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 10 December 2009.
motorcycle parking fee I would suggest asking the same question but ask for street name instead of parking bay. At least that will tell you which street receives the highest... Information not held.
Request to Westminster City Council by Thierry. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 9 December 2009.
Westminster CCTV Smart Car KV58 YSD Do you think they'll ever answer? Partially successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Mr Sawyer. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 8 December 2009.
Overix 2 Limited and Overix 3 Limited Only one company? hmmmm. In their first email they said "I am unable to provide full details on these other companies,". These companies? more than on... Successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Mr Sawyer. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 4 December 2009.
Consultation with BMF I am withdrawing this request as i have asked it again and don't wish to complicate matters further for WCC. Withdrawn by the requester.
Request to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 1 December 2009.
Numbers and Locations of Motorcycle Parking Bays with Additional New Security Features Conveniently, they've forgotten to answer the questions on security devices. Partially successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by S. Brown. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 24 November 2009.
Motorcycle Parking Charges and Visitors to London HA HA HA!!! Tanya uses annotations on my FOI's to reject them, but clearly ignores an annotation when it points out their lack of answers! Successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Simon Morley. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 9 November 2009.
Motorcycle Parking Charges and Visitors to London I see they have forgotten to answer your question about Security Devices. Successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Simon Morley. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 9 November 2009.
Common Seal of the Council I've asked pretty much the same thing (search results of internal reviews" on the whatdotheyknow website) They told me that they don't hold the inform... Successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Blue. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 21 October 2009.
PCN targets for CEOs Of course they are given a target! Chalkley said himself (in an interview) that they expect at least 1 PCN per hour, so that is a target. Information not held.
Request to Westminster City Council by Mr Thomas. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 16 October 2009.
Cost of FOI requests I think you need to click the "Show quoted sections button". Successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Graham. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 15 October 2009.
Parking cards usage by motorcyclists To be honest, i think they're referring to the Vanquis cards, or the many other top up cards that allow you to buy and load money on to it(say £30) an... Rejected.
Request to Westminster City Council by Mrs Brown. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 5 October 2009.
Westminster CCTV Smart Car KV58 YSD Gordon Deas must be some sort of time lord "Thank you for your follow up e-mail dated 1 September 2008 in relation to FOI request 4278". 2008? Partially successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Mr Sawyer. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 28 September 2009.
Why are FOI requests edited before reaching Westminster City Council This was answered in another FOI request. Withdrawn by the requester.
Request to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 28 September 2009.
motorcycle parking locations It appears that Gordon Deas needs to do his homework. Why is he quoting Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD) 1994? This was revok... Partially successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Mr Creed. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 28 September 2009.
Conservative Councillors with free official parking permit but no paid for resident parking permit If they don't want the council's integrity to be affected, then shouldn't they want to monitor how their councilors use their permits? Successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Mr Jones. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 25 September 2009.
COSTS OF MOTORCYCLE PARKING BAYS They sent a holding letter, but still haven't answered. Partially successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by CHARLIE LORT-PHILLIPS. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 18 September 2009.
NSL Services Group novation agreement So, and please correct me if i'm wrong, does that mean that any PCN's issued between march 2007 and March 2008 should be refunded as they were illegal... Successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Blue. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 11 September 2009.
CEO's scooters parked in Motorcycle bays Nice on A Daley! I've now reported all of your scooters to the west end police station. Partially successful.
Request to Westminster City Council by Ben Tweedy. Annotated by Ben Tweedy on 27 August 2009.