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This person's 68 Freedom of Information requests

junk mail in St Neots Dear Mr. Sittampalam Thank you for your request for information received on 12/03/2010, which we are considering under the Freedom of Information... Awaiting response.
Acknowledgement by Royal Mail Group to Ganesh Sittampalam on 15 March 2010.
FS50197952 / Lord Ashcroft (Sorry, ignore that, I'm an idiot: January!) Awaiting internal review.
Request to Cabinet Office by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Steve Elibank on 12 March 2010.
unredacted expense claims for Jonathan Djanogly and Andrew Lansley Ganesh received some more files by post, I've also uploaded them here. http://files.whatdotheyknow.com/request/unredacted_expense_claims_for_jo/ Partially successful.
Request to House of Commons by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Francis Irving on 9 March 2010.
ACPO contracts Dear Mr. Sittampalam, Certainly. The recovered documents are currently being reviewed in line with any potential exemptions under the Freedom of Info... Awaiting internal review.
Internal review acknowledgement by Home Office to Ganesh Sittampalam on 8 March 2010.
FOI case number 41739 Please can you acknowledge my internal review request? Yours faithfully, Ganesh Sittampalam Awaiting internal review.
Follow up sent to Department for Culture, Media and Sport by Ganesh Sittampalam on 5 March 2010.
progress on FOI request 18426-4695466 Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews. I am writing to request an internal review of UK Border Agency's h... Awaiting internal review.
Internal review request sent to UK Border Agency by Ganesh Sittampalam on 4 March 2010.
Baroness Scotland investigation Please find attached regarding your Internal Review. Information Management Service | Financial and Commercial Group | Lower Ground Floor | Seac... Awaiting internal review.
Internal review acknowledgement by UK Border Agency to Ganesh Sittampalam on 2 March 2010.
Bank DLR escalator closure Please can I have a copy of your plans for dealing with the effects of the current escalator closures on crowding and passenger flow at Bank DLR st... Awaiting response.
Request sent to Transport for London by Ganesh Sittampalam on 2 March 2010.
analysis of costs of 0845 vs 0300 numbers Forum discussion making reference to this request: http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1226512795/55#55 Successful.
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 1 March 2010.
Delay Repay scheme adoption Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews. I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Trans... Awaiting internal review.
Internal review request sent to Department for Transport by Ganesh Sittampalam on 27 February 2010.
tv licensing contracts with Capita and RMS FS50296349 Partially successful.
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 27 February 2010.
whatdotheyknow FOI responses FS50296350 Rejected.
Request to Brent Borough Council by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 27 February 2010.
Childcare vouchers without tax relief This internal review request is now over the ICO's 40 day absolute limit, so I will be referring the case to them. If you have previously sent a su... Awaiting internal review.
Follow up sent to Prime Minister's Office by Ganesh Sittampalam on 24 February 2010.
Jonathan Djanogly expense claims Thanks, I received the CD today. Yours sincerely, Ganesh Sittampalam Partially successful.
Follow up sent to House of Commons by Ganesh Sittampalam on 18 February 2010.
investigation into Bunchrew level crossing accident, I have requested the specific report to the Procurator Fiscal (the Scottish equivalent of the DPP) on the 17th May incident, here: http://www.whatd... Successful.
Request to Office of Rail Regulation by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ian Jackson on 17 February 2010.
Public cost of Royal Family and accomodation Dear Mr Sittampalam, Instances where complaints have been made with regards to the length of time taken to respond, and where the length of time in q... Rejected.
Rejection by Department for Culture, Media and Sport to Ganesh Sittampalam on 15 February 2010.
breakdown of "Marketing, press and publicity" spend EA/2010/0037 Partially successful.
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 8 February 2010.
ACPO funding The ICO issued a DN for this case a couple of months ago, but seems to have only recently published it: http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/decisi... Rejected.
Request to Home Office by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 5 February 2010.
ECML working timetables It seems to work fine, thanks very much. Yours sincerely, Ganesh Sittampalam Successful.
Follow up sent to Directly Operated Railways by Ganesh Sittampalam on 14 January 2010.
Enforcement Action Log update Thanks very much. Yours faithfully, Ganesh Sittampalam Successful.
Follow up sent to Information Commissioner’s Office by Ganesh Sittampalam on 4 January 2010.
Directly Operated Railways publication scheme Please could you specify what the timescale for this will be, bearing in mind that you are currently breaking the law by not having one? Yours si... Information not held.
Follow up sent to Directly Operated Railways by Ganesh Sittampalam on 24 December 2009.
Childcare vouchers without tax relief Dear Ganesh Sittampalam, Please find attached a response to your request under the Freedom <<FOI 2542 Sittampalam Reply.pdf>> of Information Act. Th... Partially successful.
Some information sent by HM Revenue & Customs to Ganesh Sittampalam on 23 December 2009.
Childcare vouchers without tax relief Please find attached our reply to your FoI request. Regards, Information Rights Unit HM Treasury <<9927 reply.pdf>> Information not held.
Information not held by Her Majesty's Treasury to Ganesh Sittampalam on 11 December 2009.
FOI/EIR watch list FS50281493 Partially successful.
Request to Information Commissioner’s Office by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 11 December 2009.
IDENT1 contract FS50280571 Partially successful.
Request to National Policing Improvement Agency by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 2 December 2009.

This person's 73 annotations

analysis of costs of 0845 vs 0300 numbers Forum discussion making reference to this request: http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1226512795/55#55 Successful.
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 1 March 2010.
tv licensing contracts with Capita and RMS FS50296349 Partially successful.
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 27 February 2010.
whatdotheyknow FOI responses FS50296350 Rejected.
Request to Brent Borough Council by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 27 February 2010.
FOI case number 41739 I was wondering if they'd treat it that way, but then I think they'd have had to release it within 5 days, and they certainly shouldn't have lost the... Awaiting internal review.
Request to Department for Culture, Media and Sport by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 22 February 2010.
breakdown of "Marketing, press and publicity" spend EA/2010/0037 Partially successful.
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 8 February 2010.
ACPO funding The ICO issued a DN for this case a couple of months ago, but seems to have only recently published it: http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/decisi... Rejected.
Request to Home Office by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 5 February 2010.
breakdown of "Marketing, press and publicity" spend The ICO has now issued a decision notice upholding the BBC's position, on the basis of the High Court decision which substantially broadened the scope... Partially successful.
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 19 January 2010.
Acts of Parliament Were they originally recorded using a magnet and iron filings to etch the vellum? :-) Rejected.
Request to House of Commons by Steve Elibank. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 18 January 2010.
Cost and contracts for crime map Looks like they intend to disclose some of this but forgot the attachment... Successful.
Request to National Policing Improvement Agency by Julian Todd. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 9 January 2010.
How many compromise agreements have been signed by teachers and Head teachers with a result of these members of staff losing or leaving their jobs since Sep 2004. You need to expand the "Show quoted sections" bit of the email to see their response. The way that whatdotheyknow detects quoted sections isn't comple... Rejected.
Request to Camden Borough Council by Catherine MacArthur. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 6 January 2010.
Process and performance for 2nd class mail delivery The notice was issued on 1st December, and they have 35 calendar days to comply, or 28 calendar days to appeal to the Information Tribunal. They'll ha... Long overdue.
Request to Royal Mail Group by Conor McNally. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 22 December 2009.
Public cost of Royal Family and accomodation The start date is chosen to be the same as the start date of this request: http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/decisionnotices/2009/fs_50154684.pdf... Rejected.
Request to Department for Culture, Media and Sport by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 22 December 2009.
Speaker Election Nomination Forms Have you reported them to the ICO yet? You should, because even if it takes ages for the ICO to take action, at least you'll be in the queue. Rejected.
Request to House of Commons by Benny Spooner. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 22 December 2009.
Process and performance for 2nd class mail delivery Decision notice has been published now, ordering disclosure: http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/decisionnotices/2009/fs_50240406%20.pdf Long overdue.
Request to Royal Mail Group by Conor McNally. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 11 December 2009.
FOI/EIR watch list FS50281493 Partially successful.
Request to Information Commissioner’s Office by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 11 December 2009.
Traffic Management Order (or link) for Motorcycle Parking Charging Check if it's in their publication scheme. If not, then they can't use this exemption in this case: "For the purposes of subsection (1), information... Rejected.
Request to Westminster City Council by M James. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 10 December 2009.
IDENT1 contract FS50280571 Partially successful.
Request to National Policing Improvement Agency by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 2 December 2009.
Rodwell NVC database FER0280563 Rejected.
Request to Joint Nature Conservation Committee by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 2 December 2009.
Cost of councillor's pensions. You don't need to follow their complaints procedure any further as you've already had one stage of review - ask the Information Commissioner for a dec... Rejected.
Request to Essex County Council by Colin Olivier. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 27 November 2009.
Baroness Scotland investigation FS50276290 25th November: ICO wrote to them and told them to respond within 10 working days. Awaiting internal review.
Request to UK Border Agency by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 25 November 2009.
Working Timetables for London Underground I'd like to see this information too, so I'm trying some alternative approaches to the same request: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/working_tim... Rejected.
Request to Transport for London by Andrew Knight. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 23 November 2009.
Emails between Christopher Graham and BBC It helps the WDTK tracking work properly if you start a fresh request in situations like this - that way the deadline is calculated properly. Information not held.
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Fred Ormerod. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 21 November 2009.
Online petitions documents from PICT I'd say their reply offering the licence was their final repsonse. Perhaps someone else will have to go through the dance again to get something that... Long overdue.
Request to House of Commons by Francis Irving. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 28 October 2009.
Emails between Christopher Graham and BBC However they can't count time spent doing that when considering the time limit. Information not held.
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Fred Ormerod. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 27 October 2009.
Online petitions documents from PICT I thought the annotation of 16th March implied that he had already done so, but I can't spot it on the FOI caseload snapshots released by the ICO in t... Long overdue.
Request to House of Commons by Francis Irving. Annotated by Ganesh Sittampalam on 27 October 2009.