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Guy Freeman
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This person's 26 Freedom of Information requests
Clockenflap
Partially successful.
by British Council to Guy Freeman on 1 February 2012.
Partially successful.
Our Ref. IKM/FOI/2011/71
Dear Mr Freeman
Freedom of Information: Right to know request
Further to our email of 16 January 2012 in relation to yo...
Internal correspondence regarding blog post by Frances Guy
Partially successful.
by Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Guy Freeman on 16 May 2011.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Freeman,
With apologies for the delay in responding to your original request. I
attach the FCO's response to your Freedom of Information...
Suspension of Tier 4 student applications in North India, Nepal and Bangladesh
Partially successful.
by UK Border Agency to Guy Freeman on 4 March 2011.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Freeman
We understand from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) that you
have not received the information which was promised to y...
Decision to hire Quietroom Ltd. for "leadership" sessions
Information not held.
Conclusion:
"It has now come to light that the information which had been identified as being within scope was in fact the initial mini tender proce...
British Embassy funding for "Palestinians [to] better understand and effectively use the Israeli planning laws"
Request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Guy Freeman. Annotated by Guy Freeman on 17 November 2010.
Handled by post.
Apparently some more stuff WAS releasable. Although Section 27 is back in play. I'm curious what the ICO will say.
Total cost and number of visitors/pageviews of realhelpnow.gov.uk
Information not held.
It took almost 4 months to find out that... they don't have the information. This despite them running this website and answering questions about it a...
Offenders Index Database
Refused.
Crucial quote: "As a consequence of the size of the database and the manner in which it is organised and maintained we are unable to disaggregate any...
Consultation and budget relating to realhelpnow.gov.uk
Refused.
by Cabinet Office to Guy Freeman on 9 September 2010.
Refused.
Dear Mr Freeman
Please see the attached letter regarding your request for an internal review.
Kind regards
Kim Baker
PA to Roger Smethurst
Head of...
World Cup 2010 webpage
Successful.
by Food Standards Agency to Guy Freeman on 30 June 2010.
Successful.
Dear Mr Freeman
Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request.
Yours sincerely
Annelise Jespersen
Food Standar...
Audit of Acts to ensure compliance with EU directive
Successful.
by Cabinet Office to Guy Freeman on 2 June 2010.
Successful.
Dear Guy,
With apologies for the delay in providing the response, please find attached the response to your FOI request. I hope that this answers the...
Expo budget
Request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Guy Freeman. Annotated by John Cross on 26 April 2010.
Successful.
Response included as a source for this Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_2010
Yigal Allon Education Trust / Red Redemption Ltd.
Successful.
by Department of Energy and Climate Change to Guy Freeman on 22 March 2010.
Successful.
Dear Mr Freeman,
In response to your Freedom of Information request no. 10/0363 of 20
February, please find attached a zipped file containing a c...
Cessation of climatechange.gov.uk
Follow up
sent to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by Guy Freeman on 22 March 2010.
Successful.
I did indeed mean climatechallenge.gov.uk. Thank you for pointing this out and carrying out the request having made the correction, and thank you f...
Budget
Partially successful.
This latter response is actually a reply to another one of my requests, here: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/appointment_of_professor_john_di#i...
Appointment of Professor John Ditch and Catherine Elliott as independent members of the Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales
Request to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by Guy Freeman. Annotated by Guy Freeman on 13 March 2010.
Partially successful.
The request was fulfilled with a reply to another of my requests, here: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/budget_2#incoming-74761
Cessation of climatechange.gov.uk
Information not held.
by Department of Energy and Climate Change to Guy Freeman on 3 March 2010.
Information not held.
Ref No: 10/0388
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Dear Mr Freeman,
Thank you for your email of 25 February 2010 where you requested
information abo...
Future jobs "research" -- costs and tendering process
Follow up
sent to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills by Guy Freeman on 17 February 2010.
Successful.
Thank you for the information and for responding to my request.
Yours sincerely,
Guy Freeman
Offenders Index Database
Information not held.
by Home Office to Guy Freeman on 26 January 2010.
Information not held.
Reference : T633/10
Thank you for your e-mail enquiry of 11/01/2010 14:50:14
A reply is attached.
Direct Communications...
"UK financial support to the Palestinians" factsheet
Successful.
by Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Guy Freeman on 13 November 2009.
Successful.
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Visit [1]http://www.fco.gov.uk for British foreign policy news an...
Closure of Advisory Board on Naturalisation and Integration
Awaiting internal review.
Information on the consultation is here:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/managingborders/managingmigration/earned-citizenship/points-test-citizensh...
Role of Martin Day
Successful.
by Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Guy Freeman on 23 September 2009.
Successful.
Guy,
I attach our reply (with attachment) to your request of 10 August 2009.
Annabel Anderson
Press Office - Open Government Liaison Officer
F...
Preparations for offering the "Life in the UK" test in Welsh and Scottish Gaelic
Successful.
by UK Border Agency to Guy Freeman on 22 September 2009.
Successful.
For the attention of Mr Guy Freeman
Dear Mr Freeman
Attached is a response to your request of 21 July via the "What do they
know" website....
British Government support for "Breaking the Silence" organisation
Partially successful.
by Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Guy Freeman on 8 September 2009.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Freeman,
Please find attached a response to your FOI request.
Yours sincerely,
Near East North Africa Correspondence Team
************...
Copy of "Life in the UK" handbook
Refused.
by UK Border Agency to Guy Freeman on 7 September 2009.
Refused.
Dear Mr Freeman,
Please find attached a response to your FOI request dated 11 August. If you have any difficulty accessing this attachment or the lin...
Discussions and reports related to the Metropolitan Police's advertising of the Anti-terrorist Hotline on the Google search engine's AdWords program
Partially successful.
by Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to Guy Freeman on 16 April 2009.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Freeman
Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2009020007246
I write in connection with your request for information which was recei...
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Internal correspondence regarding blog post by Frances Guy
Request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Guy Freeman. Annotated by Guy Freeman on 10 April 2011.
Partially successful.
ICO response: http://www.ico.gov.uk/~/media/documents/decisionnotices/2011/fs_50366625.ashx
"The Commissioner found substantial procedural breaches...
Decision to hire Quietroom Ltd. for "leadership" sessions
Information not held.
Conclusion:
"It has now come to light that the information which had been identified as being within scope was in fact the initial mini tender proce...
Decision to hire Quietroom Ltd. for "leadership" sessions
Information not held.
"In your case we estimate that it will take an additional 10 working days to take a decision on where the balance of the public interest lies. Therefo...
Internal correspondence regarding blog post by Frances Guy
Request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Guy Freeman. Annotated by Guy Freeman on 17 January 2011.
Partially successful.
Complaint has been sent to the ICO.
Suspension of Tier 4 student applications in North India, Nepal and Bangladesh
Partially successful.
Complaint sent to ICO.
British Embassy funding for "Palestinians [to] better understand and effectively use the Israeli planning laws"
Request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Guy Freeman. Annotated by Guy Freeman on 17 November 2010.
Handled by post.
Apparently some more stuff WAS releasable. Although Section 27 is back in play. I'm curious what the ICO will say.
Internal correspondence regarding blog post by Frances Guy
Request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Guy Freeman. Annotated by Guy Freeman on 14 November 2010.
Partially successful.
Another delay!!! New deadline: 3rd December 2010
Total cost and number of visitors/pageviews of realhelpnow.gov.uk
Information not held.
It took almost 4 months to find out that... they don't have the information. This despite them running this website and answering questions about it a...
Internal correspondence regarding blog post by Frances Guy
Request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Guy Freeman. Annotated by Guy Freeman on 29 October 2010.
Partially successful.
Delayed to 12th November 2010.........
Offenders Index Database
Refused.
Crucial quote: "As a consequence of the size of the database and the manner in which it is organised and maintained we are unable to disaggregate any...
Internal correspondence regarding blog post by Frances Guy
Request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Guy Freeman. Annotated by Guy Freeman on 5 October 2010.
Partially successful.
Release of information delayed to 25th of October! The public interest test must be *extremely* complicated... Internal review ongoing.
The letter a...
Suspension of Tier 4 student applications in North India, Nepal and Bangladesh
Partially successful.
"My conclusion is that the original response was incorrect. Section 35 (1) (a) was not engaged, however
after discussions with UKBA, section 35 (1)...
Publicity costs in England and Wales
Partially successful.
1. UK wide (inc England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales): £4,446,333.00
2. Welsh language communications: £35,400
Suspension of Tier 4 student applications in North India, Nepal and Bangladesh
Partially successful.
Reply delayed until 12th July! All for considering one exemption to releasing two letters...
Suspension of Tier 4 student applications in North India, Nepal and Bangladesh
Partially successful.
An exemption under Section 36 [Prejudice to effective conduct of public affairs] will be considered.
Suspension of Tier 4 student applications in North India, Nepal and Bangladesh
Partially successful.
The full extent of the answer:
The International Group of the UK Border Agency confirms that there are no documents as such which outline the proced...
Expo budget
Request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Guy Freeman. Annotated by Guy Freeman on 26 April 2010.
Successful.
The five private sector sponsors are Barclays, GKN, Diageo, AstraZeneca, and BP.
The eight public sector sponsors are Foreign and Commonwealth Offic...
Expo budget
Request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Guy Freeman. Annotated by Guy Freeman on 24 April 2010.
Successful.
Short answer:
The total budget for the UK Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo is approximately *£25m*.
The building of the pavilion accounts for appro...
Budget
Partially successful.
This latter response is actually a reply to another one of my requests, here: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/appointment_of_professor_john_di#i...
Appointment of Professor John Ditch and Catherine Elliott as independent members of the Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales
Request to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by Guy Freeman. Annotated by Guy Freeman on 13 March 2010.
Partially successful.
The request was fulfilled with a reply to another of my requests, here: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/budget_2#incoming-74761
British Embassy funding for "Palestinians [to] better understand and effectively use the Israeli planning laws"
Request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Guy Freeman. Annotated by Guy Freeman on 4 March 2010.
Handled by post.
Internal review was very unhelpful (and very late!). An appeal to the ICO has been sent.
Closure of Advisory Board on Naturalisation and Integration
Awaiting internal review.
Information on the consultation is here:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/managingborders/managingmigration/earned-citizenship/points-test-citizensh...
