Make and explore Freedom of Information requests
Colm Howard-Lloyd
Joined WhatDoTheyKnow in 2008
Send message to Colm Howard-Lloyd
Sign in to change password, subscriptions and more (Colm Howard-Lloyd only)
This person's 14 Freedom of Information requests
Pride in Brighton and Hove
Awaiting response.
by Brighton and Hove City Council to Colm Howard-Lloyd on 2 February 2012.
Awaiting response.
Thank you for your request for information and I confirm we shall respond no later than 29 February 2012.
Wendy Kassamani
Information Compliance Offi...
Rainbow Hamlets terms of reference
Internal review request
sent to Tower Hamlets Borough Council by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 2 February 2012.
Awaiting internal review.
Is the information now available?
Yours sincerely,
Colm Howard-Lloyd
OutEast / Hackney Queer Pride March
Successful.
by Hackney Borough Council to Colm Howard-Lloyd on 28 April 2011.
Successful.
Dear Mr Howard-Lloyd,
Please find attached the response to your request for information.
Kind regards
Zoe
Zoe Rowland
Corporate Information &...
OutEast / Hackney Queer Pride March
Successful.
by Waltham Forest Borough Council to Colm Howard-Lloyd on 21 April 2011.
Successful.
please see the attached response.
Brian Miller CPFA
Corporate Accountant
Ext 4477
Tel 020 8496 4477
Corporate Finance
Room 202
Waltham Forest Town...
OutEast / Hackney Queer Pride March
Successful.
by Newham Borough Council to Colm Howard-Lloyd on 18 April 2011.
Successful.
Dear Mr. Howard-Lloyd
Thank you for your email received on 01/04/2011. We attach our response under the disclosure provisions of the Freedom of Infor...
Petition for an elected Mayor
Awaiting internal review.
by Tower Hamlets Borough Council to Colm Howard-Lloyd on 31 March 2011.
Awaiting internal review.
Dear Sir/Madam
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
Thank you for your email.
Your request is being considered and if the information is held y...
Dog Watch Van
Successful.
by Greenwich Borough Council to Colm Howard-Lloyd on 14 October 2010.
Successful.
Dear Mr Howard-Lloyd
I write with reference to your Request, shown below. Our response is as
follows.
The Council is unable to provide the docume...
Designated Public Place Orders - Greenwich town centre
Follow up
sent to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 8 September 2010.
Successful.
Many thanks for your assistance.
Yours sincerely,
Colm Howard-Lloyd
Information Technology - Procurement and Cost
Follow up
sent to Merton College, Oxford by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 1 September 2010.
Successful.
Many thanks for looking into to this, providing and explanation, and explaining the changes being made.
Yours sincerely,
Colm Howard-Lloyd
Designated Public Place Order, Greenwich town centre
Follow up
sent to Greenwich Borough Council by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 20 August 2010.
Successful.
Many thanks,
Colm Howard-Lloyd
Recycling Processing
Successful.
by Southwark Borough Council to Colm Howard-Lloyd on 30 December 2008.
Successful.
Dear Colm Howard-Llyod
Please find attached response to your request, I apologise again for the
delay in getting back to you.
<<FOI 10 Info enclo...
Local Development Tax
Successful.
by Canterbury City Council to Colm Howard-Lloyd on 15 August 2008.
Successful.
Dear Colm Howard-Lloyd,
thank you for your recent request made under the Freedom of Information
Act (below). I have now attached a spreadsheet in r...
Planning Application CA/07/01601/WHI
Refused.
by Canterbury City Council to Colm Howard-Lloyd on 31 July 2008.
Refused.
Hello,
the above file will contain all papers relating to that particular
application - although there may be some papers which may not be publicly...
Local Development Tax
Refused.
by Canterbury City Council to Colm Howard-Lloyd on 29 July 2008.
Refused.
Dear Colm Howard-Lloyd
Thank you for your recent enquiry concerning planning applications. I can
confirm that we don't specifically hold this info...
This person's 25 annotations
Housing Options Audit Reports
Waiting clarification.
See the advice at http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/privacy#real_name
Statutory Homeless Applications
Waiting clarification.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/privacy#real_name
Technically, you must use your real name for your request to be a valid Freedom of Information...
Transport for Adult Social Care (TASC)
Successful.
There is no obligation to use the council's form to make an FOI request.
The Information Commissioner's guidance is simply that;
For your request...
1925 Gold Standards Act
Request to Supreme Court of the United Kingdom by B Facer. Annotated by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 1 September 2010.
Information not held.
You can find a copy of the act at:
http://www.jstor.org/pss/2222707
The UCC only applies to the United States of America, although obviously it does have some impact on goods imported from there.
The UK equivalent is...
A list of departments within the university is given at http://www.bangor.ac.uk/corporate/informationabout/services.php and indicates that the Registr...
ICO advice is:
If a public authority chooses not to comply with the request it should, in keeping with its duty under section 16, advise the applica...
Environmental Health reports TQ13 7 postyal district
Request to Teignbridge District Council by michael harriott. Annotated by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 12 August 2010.
Refused.
You may wish to challenge their Section 22 exemption. Scores On The Doors (http://www.scoresonthedoors.org.uk/fac.php?area=&status=s&county=) does no...
Schools Spent in Brent Borough to Third Party Suppliers for Temporary Staff
Request to Brent Borough Council by Josephine Youssefi. Annotated by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 10 August 2010.
Awaiting internal review.
This is a misunderstanding of the spirit of the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005. These regulations (which are the UK implementat...
Freedom Of Information
Request to Humberside Police by Shelly Amanda Hayes. Annotated by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 9 August 2010.
Refused.
If this information relates directly to you, i.e. if it is photographs of you, then you should be able to make a Subject Access Request under the Data...
fee for hazel blears to appear on 'This Week'
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by S.Kohn. Annotated by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 20 July 2010.
Refused.
The difficulty here is that the BBC is only partially subject to the FOIA.
"The Act does not apply to material held for the purposes of creating t...
Landholdings of Merton College
Successful.
This is an extraordinary exchange of emails. The assertion appears to be that their interpretation of the act, and the spirit in which it is intended...
Does correspondence from the BL meet accessibility guidelines
Request to The British Library by Peter Murray-Rust. Annotated by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 29 June 2010.
Successful.
They may want to consider using the Acrobat's Accessiblity Plugin which will help them create accessible PDFs. I believe it is a free download and ve...
Business rates
Request to Barnet Borough Council by North London Wellness Clinic. Annotated by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 23 June 2010.
Information not held.
The Registered Address does not have to be where the company carries out its business:
"The registered office must be a real address, i.e. a physica...
The University of Salford is clearly trying to claim in this, and a number of other FOIA requests, that because a number of people are making a reques...
Codex Alimentarius
Request to Scottish Agricultural Science Agency by Alan. Annotated by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 18 April 2010.
Refused.
Good point! Yes, my understanding of EIR is that a request can be less formal than FOIA, so the name of the requester is less important. Indeed EIR...
Council Spending on Local Community Groups & Goats
Request to Tower Hamlets Borough Council by Edwin Loo. Annotated by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 14 April 2010.
Information not held.
"Not held" is an incorrect answer.
The council should be able to confirm whether or not it has procured any goats for ceremonies.
Similar it MUST...
Court orders
Request to Her Majesty’s Courts and the Tribunals Service by steven of the family name ashley. Annotated by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 9 April 2010.
Successful.
This isn't a valid FOI request (ie for documents held); it is a request for information.
You may have some difficulty therefore requesting a revie...
Codex Alimentarius
Request to Scottish Agricultural Science Agency by Alan. Annotated by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 23 March 2010.
Refused.
They are techincally correct, but you might find it helpful to refer to the WDTK FAQs here for suggestions on how to proceed:
Can I make an FOI requ...
Special Educational Needs Trinbunals
Request to Bromley Borough Council by George Campbell. Annotated by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 22 March 2010.
Long overdue.
I don't see an actual response in their reply?!
Bottles of pills
Request to Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency by Wendy Partington. Annotated by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 18 March 2010.
Successful.
I have to say Wendy, your requests are getting more and more bizzare.
FOI is for obtaining information held by a publicly accountable body. You see...
Lambs
Request to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by Wendy Partington. Annotated by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 18 March 2010.
Successful.
This request would be more suited to ask.yahoo.com or similar.
Pornography
Request to South London Healthcare NHS Trust by Steve Elibank. Annotated by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 18 March 2010.
Successful.
I assume they mean "do NOT purchase"
Contact details for Mote Park Wardens.
Request to Kent County Council by Phillip Marriott. Annotated by Colm Howard-Lloyd on 17 March 2010.
Information not held.
You can find the contact details here:
http://www.maidstone.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/parks_and_open_spaces.aspx
I would like to see all information regarding how much child maintenance is collected for parents on benefits
Information not held.
Although they have supplied some of the factual information requested, this is not really a valid FOI request.
FOI requests need to be for data or...
