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This person's 36 Freedom of Information requests

Recording the Costs of Crime Dear Richard FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 0353/2009 We acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information (FOI) request which was r... Awaiting classification.
Response by Cambridgeshire Constabulary to Richard Taylor on 3 July 2009.
Councillors' Expenses and Allowances 2008-9 Many thanks for your message letting me know that twenty two councillors have a car park pass. Can you able to tell me which councillors have pa... Awaiting classification.
Follow up sent to Cambridge City Council by Richard Taylor on 29 June 2009.
Statistics on those Detained Awaiting Immigration Decisions or Deportation Blog which mentions this request (under "Immigrants Held In Police Cells" heading): http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/cambridgeshire-police-foi.html Response overdue.
Request to Home Office by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Francis Irving on 27 June 2009.
Interviews of Applicants to Oakington and Yarl's Wood IMBs in 2008 and 2009 I received a response by post. The text of the covering letter is below. I intend to follow up with the authority asking for clarifications, and for... Handled by post.
Request to Independent Monitoring Boards Secretariat by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 25 June 2009.
TASER Trial Evaluation Report I believe this request was cited in the House of Lords on the 22nd of June 2009 during the committee stage of the Policing and Crime Bill: http://ww... Response overdue.
Request to Association of Chief Police Officers by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 24 June 2009.
Powers of PCSOs in Cambridgeshire A further FOI request has been made to ask for further details of PCSO powers in Cambridgeshire. This new request specifically asked about the powers... Partially successful.
Request to Cambridgeshire Constabulary by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 16 June 2009.
Breakdown of TASER Take-Up by Force and by Date I've written an article on my website which cites the statistics released: http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/taser-non-firearms-police-uk.html Successful.
Request to Home Office by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 16 June 2009.
Including Spoilt Papers in Election Results Dear Mr Taylor I understand that you have sought clarification on some points concerning the election results information provided by the County Coun... Successful.
All information sent by Cambridgeshire County Council to Richard Taylor on 10 June 2009.
Cambridge City Council's Arboricultural Strategy Dear Sir In response to your FOI request: The Strategy documents are to be placed on the Council's web site and will be found on Home page/Planning... Response overdue.
Acknowledgement by Cambridge City Council to Richard Taylor on 8 June 2009.
Applying to become an accredited observer at UK elections I have read your article and wish to clarify a point with the Electoral Commission before responding to ensure what I say is accurate. Successful.
Request to Electoral Commission by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Calum Morrell on 7 June 2009.
Public Speaking at Authority Meetings Blog post referring to the information in this request: http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/improving-the-openness-and-accessibility-of-cambridgeshire-police-a... Partially successful.
Request to Cambridgeshire Police Authority by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Francis Irving on 2 June 2009.
Oral Questions Tabled but not Answered at Full Council Dear Mr Taylor, I am still in the process of collating this information but do have full answers to 2 of the 4 questions raised at the April Counc... Partially successful.
Some information sent by Cambridge City Council to Richard Taylor on 28 May 2009.
How Current Tree Works Decisions are to be Made Please consider the environment - do you really need to print this e-mail? Freedom of Information request - How Current Tree Works Decisi... Successful.
All information sent by Cambridge City Council to Richard Taylor on 27 May 2009.
Brass Characters in New Midsummer Common Path Dear Mr Taylor Thank you for your Freedom of Information request regarding the public footpath between Parsonage Street and Auckland Road. The resp... Successful.
All information sent by Cambridge City Council to Richard Taylor on 27 May 2009.
Has Parliament's Website Been Excluded From Phorm / Webwise / OIX Dear Mr Taylor, Thank you for your request for information which is copied below. The House of Commons holds no information relevant to your request... Information not held.
Information not held by House of Commons to Richard Taylor on 14 May 2009.
Information Requests Relating to Openness and Transparency I followed up this request by asking a public question at a Police Authority meeting: http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/improving-the-openness-and-accessibil... Partially successful.
Request to Cambridgeshire Police Authority by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 2 May 2009.
Cambridge City Council's use of the National Anti-Fraud Network Further blog post about this: http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/cambridgeshire-rip.html Successful.
Request to Cambridge City Council by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Francis Irving on 27 April 2009.
Census of School Pupils in Cambridgeshire Dear Mr Taylor On your first question, schools send parents a data collection sheet each September, accompanied by a Fair Processing notice. Parents... Partially successful.
Some information sent by Cambridgeshire County Council to Richard Taylor on 24 April 2009.
Stop and Account Policy This encouraging response reveals the force policy is to follow the requirements of the relevant PACE codes. Now, following the amendments which came... Partially successful.
Request to Cleveland Police by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 13 April 2009.
Contact Details for “Love Cambridge” Board Members Email addresses are: Resident representative - Nicola Morrison nicolamorrison at hotmail dot com Independent Retailer representative - John Carte... Successful.
Request to Cambridge City Council by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Alex Skene on 30 March 2009.
Removal of Clostridium difficile spores from laundry. Email Content stored in attached file 'Long_Email_Body_20_03_2009.html'. Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and... Partially successful.
Some information sent by Department of Health to Richard Taylor on 20 March 2009.
HPA Research into C. difficile Decontamination of Laundry Hello Richard Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, section 1 (1)(a) I confirm that we do not hold the information you require. There are no... Successful.
All information sent by Health Protection Agency to Richard Taylor on 19 March 2009.
Details of Meeting on the Regulation of Punting The documents that Richard collected on CD are available here: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/files/request/details_of_meeting_on_the_regula/ Handled by post.
Request to Cambridge City Council by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Francis Irving on 6 March 2009.
Regulation of Punting in 2009 Mr Taylor Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information Request requesting the agenda, minutes and papers relating to the punting regulation meeti... Successful.
All information sent by Cambridge City Council to Richard Taylor on 3 March 2009.
Routine Executive Committee Meetings Mr Clift, Many thanks for your reply to my request for information about routine meetings of Cambridge City Council's Executive. My request aske... Rejected.
Follow up sent to Cambridge City Council by Richard Taylor on 2 March 2009.

This person's 112 annotations

Recording the Costs of Crime I am campaigning for my local police to do better at recording the costs of crime. My request refers to a situation where I do not believe they made s... Awaiting classification.
Request to Cambridgeshire Constabulary by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 3 July 2009.
Specification of speed cushions in Fen Road I have written an article about speeding on Water Street / Fen Road in which I refer to this request: http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/police-claim-20mph-av... Successful.
Request to Cambridgeshire County Council by Neale Upstone. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 3 July 2009.
can my MP ask questions on my behalf in the House of Commons? The link given is: http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_publications_and_archives/factsheets/p01.cfm Successful.
Request to House of Commons by Derek Canning LLB [HONS]. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 2 July 2009.
Beaver introduction information The response states the information is not held by the Scottish Parliament, and suggests trying "Scottish Natural Heritage". FOI requests to Scotti... Awaiting classification.
Request to Scottish Parliament by Alexander Hamilton. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 30 June 2009.
Interviews of Applicants to Oakington and Yarl's Wood IMBs in 2008 and 2009 I received a response by post. The text of the covering letter is below. I intend to follow up with the authority asking for clarifications, and for... Handled by post.
Request to Independent Monitoring Boards Secretariat by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 25 June 2009.
Local Government Ombudsman The original request was received by WhatDoTheyKnow.com on the 15th of September 2008. In June 2009 David Lord, Senior lawyer at South Cambridgeshi... Successful.
Request to South Cambridgeshire District Council by A Johnson. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 24 June 2009.
TASER Trial Evaluation Report I believe this request was cited in the House of Lords on the 22nd of June 2009 during the committee stage of the Policing and Crime Bill: http://ww... Response overdue.
Request to Association of Chief Police Officers by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 24 June 2009.
Councillors' Expenses and Allowances 2008-9 This information appears to have been posted on the Council's website on the 22nd of June 2009. They have also posted last year's statement. Awaiting classification.
Request to Cambridge City Council by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 22 June 2009.
Vehicles The attachment appears to me to only contain page one of an eight page document. Successful.
Request to North Yorkshire Police by liam f. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 21 June 2009.
BN66 - FOI guidance BN66 is Budget Note 66 : http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2008/bn66.pdf It deals with tax avoidance via abuse of double taxation treaties. It gave not... Awaiting response.
Request to HM Revenue & Customs by Nigel Jagger. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 21 June 2009.
Census, is one needed The attached PDF contains a better formatted version of the information than has been possible in the plain text. Successful.
Request to Scottish Government by David Hansen. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 20 June 2009.
M606 2+ Car Sharing Lane Prosecutions I do not believe the Data Protection Act prevents the police from releasing the kind of statistical information sought. I do not believe the request o... Rejected.
Request to Department for Transport by Ellie Collier. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 20 June 2009.
Bottled Water This has been covered in the Yorkshire Evening Post: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Council-rapped-for-76000-water.5385709.jp Successful.
Request to Leeds City Council by Mr Clarke. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 20 June 2009.
Expenses Repaid. The information sought appears to now have been published online : http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/mec/repayments.cfm Awaiting response.
Request to House of Commons by Paul Perrin. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 19 June 2009.
Effective Use of Woolwich QE hospital During 2012 Olympics Following problems communicating with the Government Olympic Executive requests for information from the GOE are now being sent to the freedom of info... Awaiting response.
Request to Government Olympic Executive by Albie Fox. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 18 June 2009.
Military Personnel and their families at Woolwich Barracks 2012 Olympics Following problems communicating with the Government Olympic Executive requests for information from the GOE are now being sent to the freedom of info... Awaiting response.
Request to Government Olympic Executive by Albie Fox. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 18 June 2009.
Cost of cleansing lead pollution at Woolwich Barracks after 2012 Olympics Following problems communicating with the Government Olympic Executive requests for information from the GOE are now being sent to the freedom of info... Awaiting response.
Request to Government Olympic Executive by Albie Fox. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 18 June 2009.
Cost & Suitability of planned Range for shooting at 2012 Olympics Following problems communicating with the Government Olympic Executive requests for information from the GOE are now being sent to the freedom of info... Awaiting response.
Request to Government Olympic Executive by Albie Fox. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 18 June 2009.
Latest cost estimates for The Equestrian Games in Greenwich Park Following problems communicating with the Government Olympic Executive requests for information from the GOE are now being sent to the freedom of info... Awaiting response.
Request to Government Olympic Executive by John Bettelley. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 18 June 2009.
Library Fines Collected Incredibly, and bizarrely, this request has been responded to via a password protected PDF version of a compliments slip which was attached to an emai... Awaiting classification.
Request to University of Southampton by John Porter. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 17 June 2009.
Statistics on those Detained Awaiting Immigration Decisions or Deportation The published statistics also do not include those held in prisons or in police cells. There is another FOI request which has been made via WhatDoT... Response overdue.
Request to Home Office by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 16 June 2009.
Powers of PCSOs in Cambridgeshire A further FOI request has been made to ask for further details of PCSO powers in Cambridgeshire. This new request specifically asked about the powers... Partially successful.
Request to Cambridgeshire Constabulary by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 16 June 2009.
Breakdown of TASER Take-Up by Force and by Date I've written an article on my website which cites the statistics released: http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/taser-non-firearms-police-uk.html Successful.
Request to Home Office by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 16 June 2009.
Councillors' Expenses and Allowances 2008-9 I made a similar request last year: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/members_allowances_2007_2008 There is a discussion related to these requ... Awaiting classification.
Request to Cambridge City Council by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 15 June 2009.
Number of questions that Lord Toby Harris has asked about the security of computer systems used by Government departments since entering the House While this response was very helpful I have marked it "rejected" as in terms of the freedom of information act the request appears to have been reject... Rejected.
Request to House of Lords by john hodder. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 15 June 2009.