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Ganesh Sittampalam
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I make a range of requests, mainly aimed at getting the raw material behind aspects of current affairs that interest me.
I'm also keen on holding public authorities to account when they persistently or wilfully breach the FOI Act.
Since December 2010, I'm also a WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer, helping to run the site. Anything I do in this capacity will be explicitly marked as such; the rest of the time I don't represent anyone but myself.
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This person's 122 Freedom of Information requests
Ministerial briefings for s37 FOI exemption
Request to Ministry of Justice by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 9 February 2012.
Long overdue.
FS50432020
Cookies on the ICO's site
Awaiting internal review.
by Information Commissioner’s Office to Ganesh Sittampalam on 8 February 2012.
Awaiting internal review.
8th February 2012
Case Reference Number RCC0434331
Dear Mr Sittampalam
Request for Review
Thank you for your e-mail sent earlier today, in...
ACPO funding 2010/11
Awaiting internal review.
by Home Office to Ganesh Sittampalam on 6 February 2012.
Awaiting internal review.
Dear Mr Sittampalam,
Please find the attached acknowledgement letter for your internal review
request.
Many Thanks
Reshma Patel...
Delay reporting criteria
Request to Transport for London by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Felicity Groombridge on 27 January 2012.
Successful.
I note that this information is only provide for London Underground, nothing has been provided for London Overground or DLR.
Legal advice on the release of MPs expenses under FOI
Awaiting internal review.
by House of Commons to Ganesh Sittampalam on 24 January 2012.
Awaiting internal review.
Dear Mr Sittampalam
Thank you for your email dated 20th January 2012 requesting an internal review of Freedom of Information request ref: F11-463, wh...
FOI request handling performance
Awaiting internal review.
Check the DPP - see what he has said publicly about the publication of data to promote justice and clarity and transparency especially essential in Co...
Posty stuff
Handled by post.
Scanning through my RSS feed and couldn't resist, sorry.
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Chief Executive blogs
Request to National School of Government by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 20 December 2011.
Awaiting internal review.
FS50428650
ACPO contracts 2009/10
Partially successful.
by Home Office to Ganesh Sittampalam on 18 November 2011.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Sittampalam
Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request.
Regards,
Information Access Team, Home...
Cherie Booth complaint
Request to Office for Judicial Complaints by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 15 November 2011.
Partially successful.
The ICO has issued a decision notice on this request:
http://www.ico.gov.uk/~/media/documents/decisionnotices/2011/fs_50361210.ashx
They upheld the...
CReSt final project report
Follow up
sent to Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency by Ganesh Sittampalam on 31 October 2011.
Successful.
Hi,
Thanks very much.
Regards,
Ganesh
Test request
Request sent to Liverpool Primary Care Trust (PCT) by Ganesh Sittampalam on 28 October 2011.
Withdrawn by the requester.
This is a test message from WhatDoTheyKnow.com at the request of your FOI coordinator. You don't need to actually treat it as a FOI request :-)
Y...
Customer contact system contract and specifications
Partially successful.
by South Ribble Borough Council to Ganesh Sittampalam on 14 September 2011.
Partially successful.
Mr. Sittampalam,
Please find attached the information you requested, including the
contract used and some technical/infrastructure papers.
An exempt...
handling of previous FOI request
Partially successful.
by Cabinet Office to Ganesh Sittampalam on 6 September 2011.
Partially successful.
Dear Ganesh Sittampalam
The attached information should have been attached to the reply you
received last week. Please accept our apologies for t...
Sharia law report
Partially successful.
by Ministry of Justice to Ganesh Sittampalam on 31 August 2011.
Partially successful.
Dear Ganesh Sittampalam
Please find attached a reply to your Freedom of Information request.
Kind regards
Davnet
Davnet Cassidy
Access to Just...
Letters of direction
Request to Her Majesty’s Treasury by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 26 August 2011.
Partially successful.
Number 2 is here: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pleural_plaques_letter_of_direct#incoming-102292
Number 3 is here: http://www.whatdotheyknow...
Basra Memorial Wall letter of direction
Follow up
sent to Ministry of Defence by Ganesh Sittampalam on 26 August 2011.
Successful.
Thanks very much.
Regards,
Ganesh
Refusing email FOI requests
Follow up
sent to South Ribble Borough Council by Ganesh Sittampalam on 17 August 2011.
Information not held.
Thank you for your gracious apology and your commitment to deal with other requests made via the info@ address. In view of that I'm happy to withdr...
Delay Repay scheme adoption
Successful.
by Department for Transport to Ganesh Sittampalam on 2 August 2011.
Successful.
Dear Mr Sittampalam
I attach a letter and the released information.
Yours sincerely
Peter Lepper...
Requiring identification for emailed requests
Information not held.
by Luton Borough Council to Ganesh Sittampalam on 14 July 2011.
Information not held.
Dear Mr Sittampalam,
In response to your request I advise that the Council has not made a
corporate decision to demand identification for FOI req...
Catholic Church contribution to Pope's visit
Partially successful.
by Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Ganesh Sittampalam on 7 July 2011.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Sittampalam,
I have sent you a series of emails with PDF files attached. The files are all the sections of the previously withheld Appendix...
Baby Peter reports
Partially successful.
by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust to Ganesh Sittampalam on 5 July 2011.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Sittampalam,
Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request
outlined below.
Yours sincerely,
Maria Bjorklund...
junk mail in St Neots
Request to Royal Mail Group Limited by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 30 June 2011.
Refused.
This complaint was rejected by the ICO: http://www.ico.gov.uk/~/media/documents/decisionnotices/2011/fs_50313967.ashx
Intranet contents
Successful.
I've made a blog entry about this, since the WDTK moderation policy is to discourage political discussions:
http://www.comply-promptly.org.uk/blog/20...
South West One contracts
Partially successful.
by Taunton Deane Borough Council to Ganesh Sittampalam on 10 June 2011.
Partially successful.
Mr Sittampalam
Attached is Taunton Deane Borough Council's response to your request under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Following your req...
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Consultation on Squatting responses.
Successful.
I've removed the postal address of the requester that was contained in the last message.
Ganesh - WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer
Ministerial briefings for s37 FOI exemption
Request to Ministry of Justice by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 9 February 2012.
Long overdue.
FS50432020
Northumbria Police - Home Office emergency and/or additional funding, grants ...
Partially successful.
This request has been the subject of a decision notice by the ICO:
http://www.ico.gov.uk/~/media/documents/decisionnotices/2012/fs_50423520.ashx
Th...
IT Support Services
Request to Sentencing Advisory Panel by John Wicker. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 8 February 2012.
Information not held.
I've marked this as "not held" as the public authority actually no longer exists.
Ganesh - WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer
IT Support Services
Request to Legal Deposit Advisory Panel by John Wicker. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 8 February 2012.
Information not held.
I've marked this as "not held" as the public authority actually no longer exists.
Ganesh - WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer
IT Support Services
Request to Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committee by John Wicker. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 8 February 2012.
Information not held.
I've marked this as "not held" as the public authority actually no longer exists.
Ganesh - WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer
IT Support Services
Request to Advisory Panel on Beacon Councils by John Wicker. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 8 February 2012.
Information not held.
I've marked this as "not held" as the public authority actually no longer exists.
Ganesh - WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer
Libraries imformation
Request to Gloucestershire County Council by rubymalvolio. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 8 February 2012.
Withdrawn by the requester.
I have marked this request as withdrawn to reflect that it is a duplicate of http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/libraries_service_information
Gan...
Hearing impaired patients
Request to Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust by G Heyes. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 8 February 2012.
Withdrawn by the requester.
I've marked this as "withdrawn" to reflect the fact that it's a duplicate of http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/hearing_impaired_patients_2
Ganes...
Number of stabbing incidents
Awaiting classification.
The reply above dated 2nd February was received by WhatDoTheyKnow on that date, but was sent to an incorrect email address, so was only moved to the r...
Buses destroyed by Top Gear
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Fairchild. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 7 February 2012.
Unusual response.
The current state of the law on the BBC's "derogation" is that if information is held to any extent for the purposes of journalism, art or literature,...
Registered Pharmacists prescribing Clozapine / Clozaril in the UK
Request to General Pharmaceutical Council by ROSEMARY CANTWELL. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 22 January 2012.
Information not held.
The "View as HTML" option for the response above is currently unreadable, but the normal "Download" option is fine. I've logged this as a bug in the s...
Discharge of conditions
Request to West Berkshire Council by J A Giggins. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 20 January 2012.
Awaiting internal review.
The email containing the original request was accepted by the council's email servers on 16th December.
Ganesh - WhatDoTheyKnow.com volunteer
Can I have a list of all internal investigations conducted by or on behalf of our council
Request to North East Lincolnshire Council by George Cant. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 19 January 2012.
Long overdue.
The ICO's decision notice on this request can now be found at
http://www.ico.gov.uk/~/media/documents/decisionnotices/2012/fs_50367860.ashx
Our mail logs confirm that the original request sent on 8th December was accepted by Surrey Police's email servers on the same day.
Ganesh - WhatDoT...
Martin McGartland 17th June 1999 attempted murder
Awaiting classification.
Except I got the wrong request. It's now been moved to here:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/jack_straw_northumbria_police_ma
Ganesh - WhatD...
The Home Office have been having trouble sending a response direct to this request so sent the PDF above to the WhatDoTheyKnow admin team directly on...
Solwise 1000M optional notching and Ofcom's involvement/sanction/advise (if any)
Request to Office of Communications by Mark Salter. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 4 January 2012.
Information not held.
The reference in the subject of this reply is "1-195791017"
Ganesh - WhatDoTheyKnow.com volunteer
ACPO income - accounts
Request to The Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland by John Walker. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 26 December 2011.
Refused.
I've put a copy of the accounts from 2008-2011 at
http://www.comply-promptly.org.uk/acpo/documents/main/accounts/
(related accounts available by bro...
highways traffic survey Warmingham road/parkers rd/broughton road
Request to Cheshire East Council by Mrs Wendy Middleton. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 23 December 2011.
Successful.
Two copies of this request were sent, and the response was sent on the other request thread and can be found here:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/requ...
Chief Executive blogs
Request to National School of Government by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 20 December 2011.
Awaiting internal review.
FS50428650
Police National Database
Request to National Policing Improvement Agency by Ashley Russell. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 18 December 2011.
Refused.
They themselves quote the part of the regulations that say "costs which are attributable to the time spent by
persons undertaking any of the activit...
Diagnoses of Auditory Processing Disorder in children and adults
Request to Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust by liz jones. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 10 December 2011.
Partially successful.
The full set of replies from the Trust is as follows:
"Could you supply me with information about how the PCT diagnoses and identifies Auditory Proc...
Organisation Structure
Request to Rotherham College of Arts and Technology by Sarah Byard. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 10 December 2011.
Awaiting classification.
The email address given is info@rotherham.ac.uk
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51 Fawcett St, Sunderland - Scientology rates relief
Request to Sunderland City Council by William Thackeray. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 2 December 2011.
Partially successful.
We have removed a couple of messages containing an attachment with the personal details of someone who complained to the council. The history of this...
