David Hansen
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This person's 133 Freedom of Information requests
Olympics "station congestion hotspots" documents - second helping
Response
by Transport for London to David Hansen on 10 February 2012.
Awaiting classification.
10 February 2012
Our ref : IRV-106-1112
Dear Mr Hansen
I am writing to you further to your request for an internal review of the
ha...
Junk mail passing itself off as from Scottiah Water
Partially successful.
I agree with everything Mr. Hansen and others have said on the matter of junk mail passing itself off as from Scottish Water. The reply from Mr. Ewen...
Decision to continue BP sponsorship
Response
by The Tate Gallery to David Hansen on 26 January 2012.
Awaiting classification.
Dear David Hansen
I am writing to let you know that we will be unable to respond to your
request (our ref: 351, as outlined below) made under the F...
Harassment of passengers on buses
Response
by UK Border Agency to David Hansen on 12 January 2012.
Awaiting classification.
Dear Mr Hansen,
Please find attached letter and report in regards to your request for an
Internal Review.
Regards
N Dibsdale
Info...
Inaccurate, misleading and irresponsible comments by the police
Response
by Independent Police Complaints Commission to David Hansen on 11 January 2012.
Awaiting classification.
Dear Mr. Hansen
Please see attached
Your sincerely
Helen Dhami
Lawyer
Legal Services Directorate
tel: 0207 166 3256
Zil lanes and speed limits
Refused.
by London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited to David Hansen on 10 January 2012.
Refused.
Hello David,
Thank you for contacting London 2012.
As mentioned in our previous email to you, LOCOG is not covered by the
Freedom of Information...
Zil lanes and pedestrian crossings
Response
by Transport for London to David Hansen on 9 January 2012.
Awaiting classification.
Our ref: IRV-085-1112
Dear Mr Hansen
Thank you for your request for an internal review which was received by Transport for London (TfL) on 9 Januar...
FIT "consultation"
Follow up
sent to Department of Energy and Climate Change by David Hansen on 11 December 2011.
Partially successful.
You are another official who is too arrogant to respond to people, people who are your employers, in the format they asked for. There is absolutely...
Doing business with convicted criminals
Successful.
by Scottish Government to David Hansen on 9 December 2011.
Successful.
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Energy Division
T: 0300-244 1081
E: [email address]
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Mr David Hansen...
Failure to pass on safety concerns St Paul's
Refused.
by City of London Corporation to David Hansen on 6 December 2011.
Refused.
Dear Mr Hansen,
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) provides a right to information held by a public authority. As we have explained to you, w...
Conflicts of interest in "enforcing authorities"
Successful.
by Health and Safety Executive to David Hansen on 28 November 2011.
Successful.
Dear Mr Hansen
Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2011110095
Thank you for your request for information about:
* Conflicts of i...
Gathering and use of personal information by Greater Manchester Police
Follow up
sent to Greater Manchester Police by David Hansen on 27 November 2011.
Partially successful.
"to disclose the requested information would potentially undermine the effective law enforcement tactics used in every day policing within the Grea...
Advice to politicians on their data protection responsibilities
Successful.
by Information Commissioner’s Office to David Hansen on 11 November 2011.
Successful.
Thank you for emailing the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). This
is an automatic acknowledgement to tell you we have received your email
sa...
Failure to pass on safety concerns St Paul's
Request to Health and Safety Executive by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 6 November 2011.
Withdrawn by the requester.
Fire certificates are somewhat passe these days. It seems unlikely that a school would need one. I am responsible for fire precautions in a few buildi...
Olympics "station congestion hotspots" documents
Refused.
by Transport for London to David Hansen on 3 November 2011.
Refused.
Dear Mr Hansen
TfL Ref: FOI-0909-1112
Thank you for your e-mail received by Transport for London (TfL) on 11
October 2011 asking...
Climate camp "oil spill" laboratory report
Successful.
by Lothian and Borders Police to David Hansen on 30 October 2011.
Successful.
Thank you for emailing Lothian and Borders Police. This office, Force
Information Unit, operates Monday to Friday 8am - 3.45pm. Please note
that y...
Zil lanes and pedestrian crossings
Request to Olympic Delivery Authority by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 28 September 2011.
Information not held.
The information officer too arrogant to give their name's reply was, as you can see, not in easy to access plain text form, so here it is in readable...
Zil lanes and speed limits
Request to Olympic Delivery Authority by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 28 September 2011.
Information not held.
The information officer too arrogant to give their name's reply was, as you can see, not in easy to access plain text form, so here it is in readable...
Chapel Level speeding up of motor traffic
Partially successful.
by Fife Council to David Hansen on 15 September 2011.
Partially successful.
Dear David Hansen
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2004 – REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION
I refer to your e-mail of 30^th August...
Climate camp "oil spill(s)" SOCO sample analysis report
Partially successful.
by Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal (Scotland) to David Hansen on 8 June 2011.
Partially successful.
Dana Mallon
Personal Assistant to Mr Adrian Cottam, Acting Assistant District
Procurator Fiscal (Summary), Edinburgh & Haddington
(Mon-Thurs)
The...
Your census - security classification
Follow up
sent to General Register Office for Scotland by David Hansen on 3 May 2011.
Partially successful.
I note that you have confirmed that the personal information you demand from the public with menaces is not stored on a suitable network.
I furth...
Your census - confidentiality again
Request to General Register Office for Scotland by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 3 May 2011.
Successful.
The bit Whatdotheyknow has managed to hide is
In
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/yo...
ng-161086
you stated that "No personal data from th...
Destruction of National "Identity" Register data
Clarification
sent to Identity and Passport Service by David Hansen on 3 May 2011.
Partially successful.
I note that you continue to deliberately make reading your replies difficult, by sending them as Acrobat files. You would do well to remember who y...
Green deal information sharing
Request to Department of Energy and Climate Change by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 3 April 2011.
Partially successful.
Another bunch of officials who don't want information easily available, so they put it in proprietary file formats.
The new government told us they...
Your census - confidentiality
Request to General Register Office for Scotland by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 23 March 2011.
Successful.
They promise not to release information and claim they have not done so. However, the law allows them to do so.
See http://www.computerweekly.com/bl...
This person's 62 annotations
Zil lanes and pedestrian crossings
Awaiting classification.
The refusal to release the safety audits confirms that the assessment in them is that Zil lanes and the rest will make the streets more dangerous for...
Harassment of passengers on buses
Awaiting classification.
I am not asking for things in a "specific software format". I am asking for things in plain text. The reasons for this should be obvious.
Some thing...
Gathering and use of personal information by Greater Manchester Police
Request to Greater Manchester Police by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 27 November 2011.
Partially successful.
Their reply indicates that they do have something to hide.
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Dear Mr Hansen,
FREEDOM OF IN...
Disposal of birds killed by wind turbines
Request to Department of Energy and Climate Change by John Walker. Annotated by David Hansen on 7 November 2011.
Information not held.
I hope you will be asking the same questions with regard to motorists, cats and windows. These kill vastly more birds than wind turbines do.
Failure to pass on safety concerns St Paul's
Request to Health and Safety Executive by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 6 November 2011.
Withdrawn by the requester.
Fire certificates are somewhat passe these days. It seems unlikely that a school would need one. I am responsible for fire precautions in a few buildi...
Zil lanes and pedestrian crossings
Request to Olympic Delivery Authority by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 28 September 2011.
Information not held.
The information officer too arrogant to give their name's reply was, as you can see, not in easy to access plain text form, so here it is in readable...
Zil lanes and speed limits
Request to Olympic Delivery Authority by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 28 September 2011.
Information not held.
The information officer too arrogant to give their name's reply was, as you can see, not in easy to access plain text form, so here it is in readable...
Games Transport Vehicle Emission Standards
Request to Olympic Delivery Authority by T Henderson. Annotated by David Hansen on 26 September 2011.
Information not held.
They don't actually suggest LOCOG is the place to get an answer to this question. They are simply giving the enquirer the brush off. Their precise wor...
Little Raith Wind Farm
Successful.
The implication in the enquiry is that no objections were similar, ie a template based letter, and none can be contributed to have been created on eit...
Your census - confidentiality again
Request to General Register Office for Scotland by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 3 May 2011.
Successful.
The bit Whatdotheyknow has managed to hide is
In
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/yo...
ng-161086
you stated that "No personal data from th...
Destruction of National "Identity" Register data
Partially successful.
Despite being reminded of the contents of the enquiry the Home Office remain too arrogant to respond to an enquiry in the way the enquirer asks. Here...
Green deal information sharing
Request to Department of Energy and Climate Change by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 3 April 2011.
Partially successful.
Another bunch of officials who don't want information easily available, so they put it in proprietary file formats.
The new government told us they...
Your census - confidentiality
Request to General Register Office for Scotland by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 23 March 2011.
Successful.
They promise not to release information and claim they have not done so. However, the law allows them to do so.
See http://www.computerweekly.com/bl...
Reduction in price of passports - second helping
Request to Identity and Passport Service by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 22 March 2011.
Partially successful.
These officials still can't be bothered to reply to people in the format they asked to be replied to in. I wonder if they would treat a blind person a...
Destruction of National "Identity" Register data
Request to Identity and Passport Service by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 8 March 2011.
Partially successful.
Another official too arrogant to bother to reply to FoI enquiries as requested.
For completeness the attached file contains this text
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Gathering and use of personal information by Greater Manchester Police
Partially successful.
Their reply. First the meat, then the whole reply.
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I regret to inform you that Greater Mancheste...
170 years of service doesn't extend to doing what the public ask. Below is their reply
Force Disclosure Unit
Chippenham Police Station
Wood Lane...
Climate camp "oil spill(s)" SOCO sample analysis report
Request to Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal (Scotland) by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 15 February 2011.
Partially successful.
After sending a followup message and pressing the radio button to say it is a followup message the web site presents a box to type the followup messag...
Closure of NHS Hospital to members of the Public
Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by James Newman. Annotated by David Hansen on 30 January 2011.
Successful.
The police investigated themselves and decided that they had not done anything wrong.
Now there's a surprise.
What is this aversion by officials to plain text?
The reply was
Dear Mr Hansen,
I write in connection with your request for information concerni...
Selective treatment of patients
Request to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 13 January 2011.
Successful.
The official still can't be bothered to render information in intelligible format. However at least this time there are answers. The plain text versio...
Reduction in price of passports
Request to Identity and Passport Service by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 6 January 2011.
Refused.
Another official who sends attachments. Are they trained to do this?
The text is
David Hansen
[FOI #56736 email]
Reference: FOICR 17267/10
D...
Selective treatment of patients
Request to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust by David Hansen. Annotated by David Hansen on 4 January 2011.
Successful.
I have asked the Ministry of Defence which military formations were involved in the demonstrations and what they were doing, as the hospital claims to...
Rother District Council and WhatDoTheyKnow
Successful.
Rother District Council got a number of enquiries because of their attempt to not answer FoI enquiries.
There were two parts to this attempt. Firstly...
Climate Camp policing costs
Request to Lothian and Borders Police by Michael MacLeod. Annotated by David Hansen on 27 December 2010.
Long overdue.
Time to ask this again. They seem to have something to hide.
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