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Michael Bimmler

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This person's 31 Freedom of Information requests

Recent decision on application of FOIA section 53 to Cabinet Minutes may I enquire once again about this FOI request which is now by far overdue? Yours faithfully, Michael Bimmler Awaiting internal review.
Follow up sent to Ministry of Justice by Michael Bimmler on 3 July 2009.
Binyam Mohammed - Various records and section 16 request 9 exemptions cited (4 of them absolute) - that may be a new record. Rejected.
Request to Crown Prosecution Service by Michael Bimmler. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 3 July 2009.
Binyam Mohammed - Various records and section 16 request if I am not mistaken, you sent me the same letter for the third time now. If I miss a subtle difference, please do indicate so. In any case, your... Response overdue.
Clarification sent to Home Office by Michael Bimmler on 3 July 2009.
Damian Green arrest may I enquire about the fate of my email dated 11 June 2009? Yours faithfully, Michael Bimmler Awaiting internal review.
Follow up sent to House of Commons by Michael Bimmler on 2 July 2009.
City status I believe your response to me was due by today. Yours faithfully, Michael Bimmler Response overdue.
Follow up sent to Medway Council by Michael Bimmler on 2 July 2009.
Recent decision on application of FOIA section 53 to Cabinet Minutes thank you for your letter of which I acknowledge receipt. Yours faithfully, Michael Bimmler Response overdue.
Follow up sent to Cabinet Office by Michael Bimmler on 2 July 2009.
Handling of Internal Reviews by Cabinet Office thank you for your message. I am somewhat puzzled by your refusal to release these records, because it seems to be at odds with your decision in IR... Rejected.
Follow up sent to Information Commissioner’s Office by Michael Bimmler on 2 July 2009.
Letter of House of Commons Library to Andrew George M.P., dated 16.06.1997 I understand your problem and I acknowledge that staff may at the moment be quite busy. However, I would still ask you to bear in mind, that the IC... Awaiting internal review.
Follow up sent to House of Commons by Michael Bimmler on 22 June 2009.
Previously released documents (Lancet study / Government memos) Dear Mr Bimmler, Thank you for your email to my colleague Mr Dorrington. I am replying on his behalf. I can confirm that the documents will be publi... Successful.
All information sent by Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Michael Bimmler on 19 June 2009.
Updated case list 17 June 2009 Case Reference Number IRQ0254122 Dear Mr Bimmler Thank you for your correspondence dated 16 June 2009 in which you have made... Awaiting response.
Acknowledgement by Information Commissioner’s Office to Michael Bimmler on 17 June 2009.
Arrest of Mr Green MP and search of his offices I note that I have not heardback from you since March 18th. May I ask that you reply to my previous emails now which requested that you provide me... Awaiting internal review.
Follow up sent to Cabinet Office by Michael Bimmler on 16 June 2009.
Usage of Blackberry/iPhone/other handheld devices Attention of: Head of Knowledge and Information Management Unit, Cabinet Office My Internal Review request of March 23rd is still not answered. P... Awaiting internal review.
Follow up sent to Cabinet Office by Michael Bimmler on 16 June 2009.
Arrest of Mr Green MP and search of his offices thank you for your letter. While I agree that the additional delay is rather disappointing, I am glad that you have informed me about it and indica... Awaiting internal review.
Follow up sent to Home Office by Michael Bimmler on 11 June 2009.
Binyam Mohammed - Various records and section 16 request Dear Mr. Bimmler, Please find attached our response to your recent request, submitted under the Freedom of Information Act. Yours sincerely, Lau... Response overdue.
Acknowledgement by Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Michael Bimmler on 10 June 2009.
Roll of the Peerage Dear Mr Bimmler, Thank you. Yes, I'll put a note in the diary, but if you have heard no further by say early September, just chase me up for a progre... Partially successful.
Some information sent by Ministry of Justice to Michael Bimmler on 9 June 2009.
Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 Dear Mr Bimmler, Thank you for your email of 25 April. Your request for 'access to the original version of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatmet of... Rejected.
Rejection by Ministry of Justice to Michael Bimmler on 2 June 2009.
Commission of Lieutenancy Dear Mr Bimmler, Further to your request of 27 May 2009, and our acknowledgement of the same date, we respond as follows. Her Majesty's Commission... Information not held.
Information not held by City of London Corporation to Michael Bimmler on 1 June 2009.
Binyam Mohamed many thanks for your reply and my apologies for the too early reminder, I was misled by the whatdotheyknow.com site that the reply was overdue -- n... Successful.
Follow up sent to Attorney General's Office by Michael Bimmler on 11 May 2009.
Answer by Lord Chanellor to Dafydd Wigley (Ref. 3039/39) Dear Mr Bimmler I write in response to your FOI enquiry dated 2 April 2009. I am pleased to supply you with a copy of the correspondence from the L... Successful.
All information sent by Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales to Michael Bimmler on 28 April 2009.
Total of cost incurred due to late night committee sitting Dear Mr Bimmler, Thank you for your request of 31 March 2009 for the amount of costs occurred due to the extraordinarily long (and unforeseen) sitting... Successful.
All information sent by House of Commons to Michael Bimmler on 22 April 2009.
FOI policy Dear Mr Bimmler RE: FOI263848 - FOI POLICY Thank you for your of e-mail of 23 March 2009 requesting the following information under the Freedo... Information not held.
Information not held by Cabinet Office to Michael Bimmler on 20 April 2009.
Arrest of Mr Green MP and search of his offices Blog post about this request: http://feelinglistless.blogspot.com/2009/04/eventually-pops-out.html Successful.
Request to Greater London Authority by Michael Bimmler. Annotated by Francis Irving on 18 April 2009.
Evidence of Ian Pearson MP before the Commons Public Administration Select Committee Please find attached our response to your recent enquiry. Paul Morran Information Rights Unit HM TREASURY 1 Horse Guards Road London SW1A 2... Information not held.
Information not held by Her Majesty's Treasury to Michael Bimmler on 26 March 2009.

This person's 30 annotations

Binyam Mohammed - Various records and section 16 request 9 exemptions cited (4 of them absolute) - that may be a new record. Rejected.
Request to Crown Prosecution Service by Michael Bimmler. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 3 July 2009.
Expenses Claims of John Leech MP 7 May 2009 is rather passed now...mind following-up? Awaiting internal review.
Request to House of Commons by Chris Paul. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 16 June 2009.
Correspondence between BERR and Patricia Hewitt MP Philip, if you click on "Show quoted sections", you will see her confirmation. It appears that they are using ">" marks in front of their replies, whi... Response overdue.
Request to Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform by Phillip Main. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 15 June 2009.
Previously released documents (Lancet study / Government memos) Received documents. I don't have a scanner here and I will only consider scanning them at a commercial place once the FCO confirms that they will not... Successful.
Request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Michael Bimmler. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 10 June 2009.
Previously released documents (Lancet study / Government memos) Received confirmation of dispatch. They're looking at how much memory it will use to scan the files and will be sharing them electronically if possi... Successful.
Request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Michael Bimmler. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 4 June 2009.
Altercation with anti-war protesters Hyde Park underpass This is a joke...the IR has been running since January. This is the moment where you complain to the ICO - according to documents they released to me,... Rejected.
Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by James Kinnear. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 12 May 2009.
Which MPs' expenses were refused by the House of Commons Fees Office Alan, the House of Commons Administration (and thus also the House of Commons Fee Office) are independent from the Treasury and other Government Depar... Rejected.
Request to Her Majesty's Treasury by Alan Leavy. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 9 May 2009.
The Complete Register FYI, if you don't want to receive it via postal mail, you could maybe ask him to submit it via http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/upload/request/the_comp... Awaiting internal review.
Request to Information Commissioner’s Office by Paul Perrin. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 9 May 2009.
Usage of Blackberry/iPhone/other handheld devices Taken up with ICO Awaiting internal review.
Request to Cabinet Office by Michael Bimmler. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 5 May 2009.
Arrest of Mr Green MP and search of his offices ICO notified Awaiting internal review.
Request to Cabinet Office by Michael Bimmler. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 21 April 2009.
Damien Green and recipet of Home Office documents Ben, you might want to note that you can only ask the House of Commons authorities what file *they* hold, not what files individual MPs and their priv... Rejected.
Request to House of Commons by Ben Jones. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 19 April 2009.
Prince Harry equality and diversity course No, the TIFF file does contain two pages, I was able to read the second one. In some browsers / programs, it is a bit difficult to view the second pa... Awaiting internal review.
Request to Ministry of Defence by John Walker. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 12 April 2009.
Damian Green arrest The ICO has now written to the House of Commons and asked them to reply to my Internal Review request Awaiting internal review.
Request to House of Commons by Michael Bimmler. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 27 March 2009.
PowerPoint presentation to ISPs (mobile telephone and internet records) This has been taken up with the ICO Rejected.
Request to Home Office by Michael Bimmler. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 24 March 2009.
decision times for applications made in person "We aim to send you a substantive reply to your request by 5 December 2008" I suppose you want to followup on this now... Awaiting internal review.
Request to Home Office by Mr. Ben Wraith. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 22 March 2009.
British government involvement in Youtube censorship I would also send this to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and possibly others, to probe whether they hold information. For some reason,... Information not held.
Request to Cabinet Office by John Walker. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 2 March 2009.
Correspondence with Third Parties regarding DEC's "Gaza Crisis Appeal" complained to the ICO - no internal review request, as IR not available. Rejected.
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Michael Bimmler. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 22 February 2009.
Usage of Blackberry/iPhone/other handheld devices In case this is unclear: The authority is not late, as I have now sent a new request. They have answered the original request. Awaiting internal review.
Request to Cabinet Office by Michael Bimmler. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 22 February 2009.
Kingsnorth claimate camp "inquiry" You might want to clarify your "standard last paragraph" in the next requests... The combination of "Please also note that "replies" which involve att... Rejected.
Request to National Policing Improvement Agency by David Hansen. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 26 January 2009.
Arrest of Mr Green MP and search of his offices I have lodged a complaint with the ICO now. Will annotate this further, as things develop. Successful.
Request to Greater London Authority by Michael Bimmler. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 12 January 2009.
Appointment of Mr Gordon Blair MP Oh heavens I must have been tired... I meant Gordon Brown but I managed to mix it up both in the title and in the body of the mail. Ouch. Thanks for t... Information not held.
Request to Prime Minister's Office by Michael Bimmler. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 9 January 2009.
FOI REQUEST: COMMON PURPOSE Training Sorry, but what are you trying to find out? The force quite clearly replied with "We do not hold any information, because none of our staff is a Com... Successful.
Request to Dyfed-Powys Police Authority by David Grothier. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 8 January 2009.
PowerPoint presentation to ISPs (mobile telephone and internet records) (they pushed the response back to 15 January 2009) Rejected.
Request to Home Office by Michael Bimmler. Annotated by Michael Bimmler on 18 December 2008.