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This person's 153 Freedom of Information requests
Motorway Cops - No Evidence Offered - 10Kg Drugs In Car Boot
Awaiting response.
I can't help but cast my mind back to an interview on LBC once with an ex-police officer in the MET who talked about the corruption that went on. Whil...
Contract for Provision of Adult Drug Treatment Services in Cambridgeshire - INCLUSION
Response
by Cambridgeshire County Council to Richard Taylor on 10 February 2012.
Awaiting classification.
Dear Mr Taylor
Re: Freedom of Information Request ref 1719
Thank you for your email of 10 February in which you requested the
Contract for Provisio...
Court Appearance Details - Handlers of Cambridge's Stolen Bikes
Request to Her Majesty’s Courts and the Tribunals Service by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 6 February 2012.
Refused.
The ICO issued a decision notice in respect of my appeal in relation to this request on the 28th of September 2011. It is reference FS50373852 and is...
Border Checks Summer 2011
Long overdue.
The latest response states:
"I regret that we are unable to send you a full response to your request by 6 February as stated in our letter. I would...
Attenuating Energy Projectiles in London
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by Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to Richard Taylor on 2 February 2012.
Long overdue.
Dear Mr Taylor
Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2012020000271
I write in connection with your request for information which was
recei...
Office Chairs
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by Student Loans Company Limited to Richard Taylor on 2 February 2012.
Awaiting response.
Dear Mr Taylor
Thank you for your email dated 01/02/2012 requesting information under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000, which was received on 02/0...
Attenuating Energy Projectiles - Baton Rounds
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by Greater London Authority to Richard Taylor on 2 February 2012.
Awaiting response.
From: [FOI #104419 email]
To: [Greater London Authority request email]
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Attenuating Energy
Pro...
Attenuating Energy Projectiles
Request sent to Home Office by Richard Taylor on 1 February 2012.
Awaiting response.
This request relates to the class of weapons systems described using terms including: Attenuating Energy Projectiles, Baton Rounds, Kinetic Energy...
Electronic Case File Sharing - CPS, Courts and Police
Awaiting response.
Direct link to the relevant committee discussion (video):
http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=10017&st=11:33:00
Maharishi School
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by Department for Education to Richard Taylor on 17 January 2012.
Awaiting response.
Dear Mr Taylor
Thank you for your recent email. A reply will be sent to you as soon as
possible. For information, the departmental standard for corre...
Restorative Justice Disposals - Good Practice
Partially successful.
by National Policing Improvement Agency to Richard Taylor on 5 January 2012.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Taylor,
Please find attached the NPIAs response to your request.
Regards,
Victoria Smith
Knowledge and Information Management Assistant
N...
TASER Statistics Publication Schedule
Successful.
The response states:
"Dear Mr Taylor,
Thank you for your recent correspondence. I would firstly like to apologise for the time it has taken to res...
Love Cambridge Board Papers
Request to Cambridge City Council by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 24 December 2011.
Successful.
This request appears to have prompted Love Cambridge to also post their papers on their own website:
http://www.love-cambridge.co.uk/boardmeetings.h...
Cambridgeshire Local Criminal Justice Board
Partially successful.
by Cambridgeshire Constabulary to Richard Taylor on 22 December 2011.
Partially successful.
Dear Richard
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 0662/2011
In reply to your request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act...
Protocol for Public Speaking at Overview and Scrutiny Committee Meetings
Successful.
by Cambridgeshire County Council to Richard Taylor on 13 December 2011.
Successful.
Dear Mr Taylor,
I attach the Public Speaking Protocol which was released today.
Kind regards,
Clare
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Clare Jenner
Business Support Officer
Financ...
Effectiveness of Restorative Justice Disposals
Partially successful.
by Home Office to Richard Taylor on 13 December 2011.
Partially successful.
Please find attached our response to your FOI Request.
Home Office
2 Marsham Street
London, SW1P 4DF
Communications via the GSi...
Working Hours of PCSOs
Successful.
by Cambridgeshire Constabulary to Richard Taylor on 9 December 2011.
Successful.
Dear Richard
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 0635/2011
In reply to your request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act...
University of Cambridge Police Liaison Officer
Successful.
by Cambridgeshire Constabulary to Richard Taylor on 8 December 2011.
Successful.
Dear Richard
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 0679/11
In reply to your request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act 2...
Police Officer Posts Directly Funded by the Home Office
Refused.
by Cambridgeshire Constabulary to Richard Taylor on 6 December 2011.
Refused.
Dear Richard
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 0579/2011
In reply to your request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act...
Cambridgeshire wards: Relative deprivation and crime rates
Successful.
by Cambridgeshire County Council to Richard Taylor on 6 December 2011.
Successful.
Dear Mr Taylor,
Thank you for your request which has been dealt with in line with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please find attached Cambridge...
999 System Performance and Failures
Partially successful.
by Office of Communications to Richard Taylor on 2 December 2011.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Taylor,
Please find response and enclosures attached.
Should you have any further queries please email us at [Ofcom request email].
Yours s...
Parking and Driving on Midsummer Common
Successful.
As an automatic gate has been installed at the end of November 2011, the rules for entry to the common and the associated enforcement of illegal parki...
1 Hemingford Road, Cambridge
Follow up
sent to Cambridge City Council by Richard Taylor on 28 November 2011.
Successful.
Sean Dykes, Cambridge City Council,
Many thanks for your efforts in respect of this FOI request.
Following the release of the additional materi...
Board Papers, Annual Report, Performance Statistics
Request to Cambridgeshire Criminal Justice Board by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 24 November 2011.
Long overdue.
As I've had no success here I've followed up with a request to the police for what they might hold:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/cambridges...
Papers for Police Strategy Related Meeting on 24th of November 2011
Request to Cambridgeshire County Council by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 24 November 2011.
Successful.
I have written an article commenting on these papers:
http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/cambridgeshire-polic-and-crime-strategy-group.html
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Contract for Provision of Adult Drug Treatment Services in Cambridgeshire - INCLUSION
Request to Cambridgeshire County Council by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 10 February 2012.
Awaiting classification.
Council blog post announcing the award of the new contract:
http://www.cambsdaat.org/?q=content/new-adult-drug-treatment-provider-april-2012
Court Appearance Details - Handlers of Cambridge's Stolen Bikes
Request to Her Majesty’s Courts and the Tribunals Service by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 6 February 2012.
Refused.
The ICO issued a decision notice in respect of my appeal in relation to this request on the 28th of September 2011. It is reference FS50373852 and is...
Border Checks Summer 2011
Long overdue.
The latest response states:
"I regret that we are unable to send you a full response to your request by 6 February as stated in our letter. I would...
A contact email address for Consumer Direct
Partially successful.
The consumer direct contact information is now at:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/UsefulContactsByCategory/Governmentcitizensandrightsc...
Motorway Cops - No Evidence Offered - 10Kg Drugs In Car Boot
Request to Crown Prosecution Service by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 6 February 2012.
Awaiting response.
One possibility is that a deal was done and those caught in the car were let off in return for identifying those for whom they were carrying the drugs...
Motorway Cops - No Evidence Offered - 10Kg Drugs In Car Boot
Request to Crown Prosecution Service by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 6 February 2012.
Awaiting response.
I have placed the relevant clips from the show on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aItd7o6gC3c
Link to the report of the CPS decision:...
Motorway Cops - No Evidence Offered - 10Kg Drugs In Car Boot
Request to Crown Prosecution Service by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 5 February 2012.
Awaiting response.
It has been suggested on Twitter that this occurred in Doxey, Stafford:
https://twitter.com/#!/charliejane_xx/statuses/166275659042258944
Railway Regulations
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This response has been provided in a rather bizarre and unhelpful format. The civil servant at the Department for Transport who has responded decided...
Motorway Cops - No Evidence Offered - 10Kg Drugs In Car Boot
Request to Crown Prosecution Service by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 2 February 2012.
Awaiting response.
If the information released reveals there is a problem with some part of the system, be it the police, courts of CPS getting it out in the open might...
To whom do I make an official complaint about Stockport Council's Monitoring Officer
Request to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council by Sheila Oliver (Account suspended). Annotated by Richard Taylor on 2 February 2012.
Successful.
An enormous amount of material, some of it personal information relating to third parties, has been removed from this correspondence thread.
All of...
Attenuating Energy Projectiles in London
Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 2 February 2012.
Long overdue.
I have followed up parts 5 and 6 of my original request via:
The Home Office -
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/attenuating_energy_projectile...
Welfare Checklist (PLO) 2008 introduced to ensure children are placed with relatives rather than in care
Request to Eastbourne Borough Council by Mrs L Taylor (Account suspended). Annotated by Richard Taylor on 1 February 2012.
Awaiting classification.
Resent following correspondence from the council. It appears they want to improve their record for responding as shown on our site.
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Qualified Social Worker Questions
Information not held.
This request was responded to in conjunction with another from the same user at:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/qualified_social_worker_quest...
Electronic Case File Sharing - CPS, Courts and Police
Awaiting response.
Direct link to the relevant committee discussion (video):
http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=10017&st=11:33:00
Elective Home Education- suitable education
Request to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council by Tania Berlow. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 31 January 2012.
Partially successful.
It appears there is some kind of problem, but the content is viewable in my PDF viewer: Preview on Mac OSX.
However there is no thumbnail image for...
Complaints and Investigations of DC Magnus Scott
Request to Devon and Cornwall Constabulary by Nick Henderson. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 31 January 2012.
Refused.
A number of annotations with no clear direct relevance to the request have been removed.
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Electricity cables under a restricted highway
Request to Gloucestershire County Council by Martin Mountford. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 27 January 2012.
Successful.
Following contact from the council we agreed to remove the address contained in the FOI request from public view on our site.
The address was not r...
Extracts from Parish Council accounts
Request to Rainworth Parish Council by Anthony Reville. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 25 January 2012.
Partially successful.
We have removed some potentially defamatory material from the council's response dated 30 March 2009.
The material in question was an explanation o...
Truth in Criminal Prosecution Investigations
Request to Criminal Justice Council by ROSEMARY CANTWELL. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 25 January 2012.
Awaiting internal review.
The email address given was the FOI address for the Ministry of Justice. The Criminal Justice Council appear to be suggesting the request would be bet...
The body this request was sent to appears to have cased to exist as of January 2010
This has now been noted on the body's page and further requests...
Service level Agreement Danmore House Stonehouse
Request to South Lanarkshire Council by Robert Freel. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 25 January 2012.
Handled by post.
The user has sent WhatDoTheyKnow.com copies of the material released by post which we have uploaded to:
http://files.whatdotheyknow.com/request/serv...
First time adult British passport for Indians
Request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by M.Khader Nawaz Khan. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 25 January 2012.
Awaiting classification.
The FCO included a postal and email address for the requestor in their PDF replies; these have been redacted as they are personal information.
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Re: My late father's British Nationality Registration Certificate Copy
Awaiting internal review.
It appears this request has been confused, by the FCO, with that others by the same user.
See also the replies at:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/...
First time adult British passport for Indians
Request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by M.Khader Nawaz Khan. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 24 January 2012.
Awaiting classification.
It appears this request has been confused, by the FCO, with those at:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/re_my_late_fathers_british_natio_2
http...
Maharishi School
Request to Department for Education by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 17 January 2012.
Awaiting response.
I was astonished to learn that a UK state school is educating pupils using "Consciousness-based Education" based on "Transcendental Meditation".
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