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John Cross
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I am interested in campaigning to improve the UK's Freedom of Information laws.
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This person's 149 Freedom of Information requests
correspondence with ICO
Response
by St Chad’s College, Durham to John Cross on 10 February 2012.
Awaiting classification.
John Cross
E-mail: [1][FOI #104670 email]
10^th February 2012
Dear Mr Cross
Freedom of Information Request
I acknow...
List of Honours Committees
Awaiting response.
by Cabinet Office to John Cross on 6 February 2012.
Awaiting response.
CABINET OFFICE REFERENCE: FOI316140
Dear JOHN CROSS
Thank you for your request for information. Your request was received on
6/2/2012 a...
Job Descriptions for Government Ministers
Refused.
by Cabinet Office to John Cross on 6 December 2011.
Refused.
List of all .gov.uk Domain Names
Successful.
by Central Office of Information to John Cross on 14 November 2011.
Successful.
Dear John
Sincere apologies for any delay that you have had regarding your request.
Please see below the link that lists all Government Domain name...
Non Notification Team
Request to Information Commissioner’s Office by John Cross. Annotated by John Cross on 4 November 2011.
Successful.
Blog uses data from this request: http://informationrightsandwrongs.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/mps-data-protection-and-criminal-offences/
The list has now been published by the CoI:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/domain_renewal_notifications
List of People Awarded Civic Honours and Titles
Successful.
"Town bestows 27 honours...but we can't say who to"
http://www.essexcountystandard.co.uk/news/9285191.Town_bestows_27_honours___but_we_can_t_say_who...
List of .gov.uk domain names
Refused.
The above message may be out of order on the request thread as it was sent to the request address via a "BCC" line which copied in two other requests...
List of Assets
Follow up
sent to The Crown Estate by John Cross on 18 September 2011.
Partially successful.
Thank you for undertaking the review and for releasing a useful schedule of rights and interests.
Yours sincerely,
John Cross
Publication Scheme
Partially successful.
by Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces to John Cross on 2 September 2011.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Cross,
Thank you for your email.
The Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces is an independent
statutory office holder a...
Looks like WDTK is reporting things on the request pages in UTC when BST
would be technically correct in this instance.
Public Register of Data Controllers
Successful.
by Information Commissioner’s Office to John Cross on 12 August 2011.
Successful.
Link: [1]File-List
12th August 2011
Reference: IRQ0406210
Dear Mr Cross,
I write further to our email of 25^th July 2011 in which we ack...
Disclosure Log - FOI 25 11
Follow up
sent to Electoral Commission by John Cross on 9 August 2011.
Successful.
Thank you for responding. The principle that the Freedom of Information is applicant and motive blind is an important one and I am grateful for you...
List of .ac.uk domain names
Successful.
by The JNT Association to John Cross on 29 July 2011.
Successful.
Hello John,
As requested, JANET(UK) has provided a list of domain names ending ".ac.uk" that are currently valid and the name of the public body or o...
List of private police forces
Partially successful.
by Home Office to John Cross on 29 July 2011.
Partially successful.
Please find attached our response to your FOI Request.
Home Office
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF
Communications via the GSi may be autom...
Complaints about a Website
Information not held.
by Information Commissioner’s Office to John Cross on 26 July 2011.
Information not held.
Thank you for emailing the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). This
is an automatic acknowledgement to tell you we have received your email
saf...
Procedure for Questions
Partially successful.
Reading it back yet again - It is actually hard to know how much info would be relevant to what I am after - it says: "pp. 357-65" but within that muc...
EU grants
Internal review request
sent to The Royal Household by John Cross on 1 July 2011.
Awaiting internal review.
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Information Request reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of The Royal Household's h...
List of Joint Committees (DCLG)
Request to Department for Communities and Local Government by John Cross. Annotated by John Cross on 30 June 2011.
Partially successful.
I have used this information to add authorities to whatdotheyknow.com - see: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/list/joint_committee.
The ones in the UK were added to the site: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/list/veterans_advisory_and_pensions_committees
List of Email Addresses for Probation Trusts
Partially successful.
Also now available through MoJ disclosure log: http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/global/foi-requests/moj-disclosure-log/contact-details-for-probatio...
List of Email Addresses for UK Ports
Partially successful.
The Email Addresses were as follows:-
[A] info[at]aberdeen-harbour.co.uk
[B] portops[at]belfast-harbour.co.uk
[C] berwickharbour[at]onetel.com
[D]...
communications with the Royal Family
Refused.
What an utter disgrace!
Research Liaison Group for Children’s Social Care Research
Follow up
sent to Department for Education by John Cross on 15 May 2011.
Successful.
Thank you for your help.
John
Forensic Science Advisory Committee (FSAC)
Partially successful.
by Forensic Science Service Ltd to John Cross on 11 May 2011.
Partially successful.
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED
Dear Mr Cross,
Please accept my apologies for the delay in replying to your request.
I have been unable to establish a dire...
This person's 295 annotations
Forfeiture of knighthood - Fred Goodwin
Awaiting response.
I am also interested in this topic and I have made a request here:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/list_of_honours_committees/
Organisation Structure
Successful.
Email addresses are of the form:
"Firstname.surname@ncpontefract.ac.uk"
Marketing/PR activities
Awaiting response.
I have contacted the academy by email to explain the problems we are having in forwarding correspondence to them. John Cross - volunteer
Marketing/PR activities
Long overdue.
Not yet sure whether new email address will work.
Marketing/PR activities
Request to The Leigh Technology Academy by Rhian Jones. Annotated by John Cross on 17 November 2011.
Successful.
The email address suggested is "FoI[...at...]leighacademy.org.uk"
Non Notification Team
Request to Information Commissioner’s Office by John Cross. Annotated by John Cross on 4 November 2011.
Successful.
Blog uses data from this request: http://informationrightsandwrongs.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/mps-data-protection-and-criminal-offences/
Chancel Repair Liability
Successful.
I changed the status from 'long overdue' to successful.
Royal docks sailing center consultations
Awaiting classification.
I managed to alter url slightly to get this: http://www.newham.gov.uk/Planning/PlanningApplications/ViewPlanningandBuildingControlApplicationsOnline.h...
List of People Awarded Civic Honours and Titles
Successful.
"Town bestows 27 honours...but we can't say who to"
http://www.essexcountystandard.co.uk/news/9285191.Town_bestows_27_honours___but_we_can_t_say_who...
iNO use
Information not held.
I have updated the email address but I have not resent the request as I think it unlikely the authority will hold any relevant information. The reques...
UK Radiation Levels
Refused.
On 1st April 2009, Fisheries Research Services was merged into the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency. I will mark as 'refused'.
Barrier Busting
Refused.
extract:
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Our ref: DE00000639677
16 September 2011
Dear Mr Callahan,
Thank you for your email of 23 August to the...
Sunday paid parking in Beaconsfield
Request to South Bucks District Council by david bocquet. Annotated by John Cross on 7 October 2011.
Awaiting classification.
I cannot see a delivery error so I will change status.
Fatal Car Fire killed Robert Greig close by in distance and time to where Malcolm Webster murdered Claire Morris
Request to Public Appointments Commissioner for Scotland by LS Palmer (Account suspended). Annotated by John Cross on 7 October 2011.
Refused.
marked as 'refused' as no response was received and there are no plans to resend request that I am aware of.
General Pollution Advice
Refused.
Marked as refused due to authority not providing the information or an alternative email address.
I am surprised at this refusal.
CReSt Final Project Report
Request to Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency by AQA. Annotated by John Cross on 8 August 2011.
Refused.
"I confirm that this information is held by QCDA. However, we note that you have made your request via the What Do They Know website, which means that...
Domain names: .gov.uk
Refused.
I managed to get a list of .ac.uk domains released - see here: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/list_of_acuk_domain_names
I also tried to get...
ACPO membership
Refused.
ACPO themselves released the information here: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/80535/response/199302/attach/3/ACPO%20Members%20Listed%20by%20For...
Correspondence with representatives of the creative industry, Aug 08-09
Request to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills by Phil Bradley. Annotated by John Cross on 3 August 2011.
Successful.
The article links to this request: https://torrentfreak.com/censorship-fail-reveals-big-music-isp-spying-plan-110801/
Euryn Ogwen - Expenses
Request to Sianel Pedwar Cymru / Channel Four Wales by Prys ap Sion. Annotated by John Cross on 1 August 2011.
Long overdue.
rough English translation per Google: "I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your e-mail below on 09 July 2011.
Under the Freedom of Information Ac...
Government purchasing standards
Request to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by Mark Pack. Annotated by John Cross on 27 July 2011.
Successful.
Blog about info released here: http://www.confirmordeny.org.uk/?p=178
Human Rights Act 1998
Request to Equality and Human Rights Commission by mark watson. Annotated by John Cross on 25 July 2011.
Partially successful.
Your enquiry has been forwarded to the EHRC Helpline who will provide a response for you. We will contact you as soon as possible and no later than 5...
Queens Proctor
Successful.
"..pleased to inform you that this information is already in the public domain via the Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol). As per the details on "...
Chief Executives blog
Refused.
Summary: "The specified blog details information relating to the Chief Executive’s private life as well as recording his personal thoughts and impress...
