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This person's 49 Freedom of Information requests

Kingsnorth NPIA report Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews. I am writing to request an internal review of Kent Police's handli... Awaiting internal review.
Internal review request sent to Kent Police by David Hansen on 28 June 2009.
Junk mail passing itself off as from Scottiah Water An excellent annotation. Scottish Water obviously do have a lot to hide, the politician's answer confirms it. Partially successful.
Request to Scottish Water by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 28 June 2009.
Lies about Additional Forth Road Bridge Your e-mail will now be forwarded to the appropriate person within the agency for them to take any action. If a response is required this will be giv... Awaiting response.
Acknowledgement by Transport Scotland to David Hansen on 28 June 2009.
Climate camp "compendium of information" In a "response" to http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/climate_camp_compendium_of_infor_2#comment-2544 (actually a response to another enquiry, b... Awaiting response.
Request sent to Kent Police by David Hansen on 22 June 2009.
Investigation into G20 riots by police The sender was too incompetent or too bone idle to reply to me in an easily readable format, something which afflicts many officials. This has nothing... Awaiting internal review.
Request to Home Office by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 22 June 2009.
Census, is one needed The attached PDF contains a better formatted version of the information than has been possible in the plain text. Successful.
Request to Scottish Government by David Hansen. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 20 June 2009.
Speed of starting "independent" "investigations" I forgot to add. The IPCC is under a duty to provide advice and assistance under section 16 of FoA. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/Acts/acts2000/ukpga_2000... Awaiting internal review.
Follow up sent to Independent Police Complaints Commission by David Hansen on 17 June 2009.
"Review of the Policing of Public Protest" Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews. I am writing to request an internal review of Her Majesty's Inspec... Awaiting internal review.
Internal review request sent to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary by David Hansen on 17 June 2009.
Climate camp "compendium of information" Kent Police did not reply to this FOI enquiry directly, but included it in a reply to another enquiry. Below is their reply, copied here. In http:/... Information not held.
Request to Kent Police by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 29 May 2009.
Access to census data by "law enforcement" authorities Mr Hansen Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA). Your request comprised the followi... Successful.
All information sent by Scottish Government to David Hansen on 19 May 2009.
Gathering of evidence Dear Mr Hansen, Thank you for your e-mail dated 05 April 2009 in which you ask for the following information: "Please provide a copy of the procedu... Information not held.
Information not held by Independent Police Complaints Commission to David Hansen on 6 May 2009.
PRS licence for police music performance at Climate Camp Mr Hansen, I write further to your two recent communications received by Kent Police. In your first e-mail (our ref 2056-2009) received by Kent Pol... Information not held.
Information not held by Kent Police to David Hansen on 6 May 2009.
Kingsnorth "inquiry" Dear Mr Hansen, Please find attached and copied below of the NPIA's response to your request. Regards NPIA FOI TEAM National Policing Improvement... Information not held.
Information not held by National Policing Improvement Agency to David Hansen on 30 April 2009.
Attempt to ban Critical Mass Try to keep things polite on here, please, gentlemen. Please remember that we reserve the right to moderate comments on the site. Owen (for mySoci... Partially successful.
Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by David Hansen. Annotated by Owen Blacker on 21 April 2009.
Threatening words from torturer's solicitors Dear Mr Hansen, Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA). We have provided plain te... Partially successful.
Some information sent by Scottish Government to David Hansen on 20 April 2009.
Torturers running census threatening people telling public Mr. Hansen, I am sorry that we misunderstood your recent FOI request. To confirm, GROS holds no minutes of meetings, e-mails, letters, notes of tel... Partially successful.
Some information sent by Scottish Government to David Hansen on 20 March 2009.
Internet Watch Foundation audits Thank you for your latest reply. It is unusual to get something from the Home Office which is not both arrogant and smug. I accept the apology. H... Partially successful.
Follow up sent to Home Office by David Hansen on 12 March 2009.
Theft of items at climate camp Having skimmed through the list of stolen property I can see why Kent Police have been so keen not to reveal the list of stolen property to the pub... Partially successful.
Follow up sent to Kent Police by David Hansen on 10 March 2009.
Use of illegal ammunition If a law does not apply to everyone then some people are above it. That is true even if the law itself states that some people are above it. Rejected.
Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 10 March 2009.
Home Secretary's can't wait assertion regarding "Identity" Cards I note that you have not offered any evidence that people have come up to the Home Secretary and told her that they can't wait to have an "Identity... Successful.
Follow up sent to Home Office by David Hansen on 10 March 2009.
Internet Watch Foundation and processing of "child abuse" images Dear Mr Hansen, Please find attached response to your internal review. As per your request I have also produced the response in plain text format bel... Rejected.
Rejection by Home Office to David Hansen on 6 March 2009.
Kingsnorth claimate camp "inquiry" David, I understand your frustration. The NPIA is one of a dwindling number of public sector organisations that still routinely publishes most of i... Rejected.
Request to National Policing Improvement Agency by David Hansen. Annotated by William Old on 2 March 2009.
Marketing junk mail sent out by BBC and MPS "TV Licensing's monthly mailings are not captured by this definition, since they are not advertising or marketing material." Wrong. They are adve... Successful.
Follow up sent to British Broadcasting Corporation by David Hansen on 27 February 2009.
Reports on level crossing crash I think there has been excessive crossing out of information in the report on the FAI. There was no reason to cross out the names of witnesses 3 -... Partially successful.
Follow up sent to Scottish Court Service by David Hansen on 24 February 2009.
Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for Gaza This "reply" demonstrates that the BBC is as arrogant as ever. As I explained I requested an internal review because the BBC had failed to comply w... Awaiting internal review.
Internal review request sent to British Broadcasting Corporation by David Hansen on 24 February 2009.

This person's 14 annotations

Junk mail passing itself off as from Scottiah Water An excellent annotation. Scottish Water obviously do have a lot to hide, the politician's answer confirms it. Partially successful.
Request to Scottish Water by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 28 June 2009.
Investigation into G20 riots by police The sender was too incompetent or too bone idle to reply to me in an easily readable format, something which afflicts many officials. This has nothing... Awaiting internal review.
Request to Home Office by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 22 June 2009.
Contact Point Database Supposedly the children of politicians and other "important" people will be "shielded". This supposedly means their details will not be able to be cal... Successful.
Request to Department for Children, Schools and Families by P Foomer. Annotated by David Hansen on 18 June 2009.
Climate camp "compendium of information" Kent Police did not reply to this FOI enquiry directly, but included it in a reply to another enquiry. Below is their reply, copied here. In http:/... Information not held.
Request to Kent Police by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 29 May 2009.
Attempt to ban Critical Mass Why should people lick the bottoms of criminals? The language used in FOI enquiries should be based on the list of earlier offences to be taken into... Partially successful.
Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 17 April 2009.
Use of illegal ammunition If a law does not apply to everyone then some people are above it. That is true even if the law itself states that some people are above it. Rejected.
Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 10 March 2009.
Forward Intelligence Teams Their answer to question 2 shows conclusively that they have something to hide. They have ignored the third possibility, which is the most obvious int... Partially successful.
Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by FishNChipPapers. Annotated by David Hansen on 16 February 2009.
Kingsnorth claimate camp "inquiry" There is no one answer to the question of replies. What is appropriate depends on the content. For nearly all replies plain text is entirely adequat... Rejected.
Request to National Policing Improvement Agency by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 26 January 2009.
Wind turbine planning applications The council are quite right. FOI is about obtaining information which is not already easily available to the public. I could add a rant here about laz... Successful.
Request to North Cornwall District Council by Paul Sousek. Annotated by David Hansen on 7 January 2009.
Common Purpose - Your Turn - criminal records checks As someone who occasionally volunteers to assist with training provided by Common Purpose I have noted the constant attempts to portray the organisati... Successful.
Request to Department for Children, Schools and Families by John Walker. Annotated by David Hansen on 18 November 2008.
Rejections of of FOI enquiries and data protection "I repeat, FOI law is not a place to argue about policy, but to ask for specific information." As is clear from this web site I did ask for specific... Partially successful.
Request to Rother District Council by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 21 October 2008.
Rejections of of FOI enquiries and data protection Other people are entitled to their views on whether an enquiry has been answered or not. That is called freedom of expression. However, I am extremely... Partially successful.
Request to Rother District Council by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 20 October 2008.
Rejections of of FOI enquiries and data protection Assertions that the council is being "victimised", "harassed" and their policy was "not deliberate" are very wide of the mark. The council is simply b... Partially successful.
Request to Rother District Council by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 20 October 2008.
Data Protection Presentation While the position of the Council's Solicitor has been overcome with regard to postal addresses that still leaves his claims with regard to "publishin... Successful.
Request to Rother District Council by Richard Jackson. Annotated by David Hansen on 18 September 2008.