Compliance notices issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission

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For the attention of Markus Piscapore-Caruana, Corporate Communications Officer
Equality and Human Rights Commission

Dear Markus Piscapore-Caruana

With reference to my Freedom of Information request of 13 March 2016 made via WhatDoTheyKnow.com and your response of 24 March 2016 (ref:FOI971)
(https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...),
please provide all correspondence since 5 April 2011 asking the Commission to issue a compliance notice, and the Commission's replies.

This should be treated as a separate FOI request.

Yours sincerely

Peter Williams

Freedom of Information, Equality and Human Rights Commission

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Dear Peter

 

Subject: Freedom of Information Request

 

Thank you for your email dated 26 March 2016, in which you have requested
the following information:

·         ‘’With reference to my Freedom of Information request of 13
March 2016 made via WhatDoTheyKnow.com and your response of 24 March 2016
(ref:FOI971)
([1]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...
provide all correspondence since 5 April 2011 asking the Commission to
issue a compliance notice, and the Commission's replies’’.

 

As your email amounts to a request for information that the Commission may
hold, in accordance with the requirements of section 10 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, we will respond promptly and in any event no later
than 20 working days following the date of receipt of the request. In this
instance, a response will be with you no later than 25 April 2016. If for
any reason we are not able to meet this deadline, we will notify you and
give you an indication of when we will send you a full response.

If you have any queries please contact us using the details below.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Oliver Varney

Corporate Communications Officer

 

DDI: 0161 829 8324

 

Arndale Centre, Arndale House, Manchester, M4 3AQ

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Dear Mr Williams

 

Further to our response to your previous FOI request (ref: FOI971), please
find attached our response to your email dated 26 March 2016.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Oliver Varney

Corporate Communications Officer

 

DDI: 0161 829 8324

 

Arndale Centre, Arndale House, Manchester, M4 3AQ

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For the attention of Oliver Varney, Corporate Communications Officer
Equality and Human Rights Commission

Dear Oliver Varney

Thank you for your email and attachments of 25 April 2016 - EHRC's response to my FOI request of 25 March 2016 about compliance notices.

I am presently studying the response and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely

Peter Williams

Freedom of Information, Equality and Human Rights Commission

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Peter Williams

For the attention of Oliver Varney, Corporate Communications Officer
Equality and Human Rights Commission

Dear Oliver Varney

Following my FOI request FOI975 of 26 March 2016, 'Compliance notices issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission', thank you for your response of 25 April 2016.

I am writing to ask you to supply documents which are referred to in your response to my request, but I cannot see are included. I am also writing to request an internal review of the Commission's handling of my request.

The missing letters are:

(i) the letter of 27 July 2012 to Trevor Phillips referred to in a letter of 6 September 2012 from John Wadham of EHRC (recipient’s name redacted) about Doncaster Council, and

(ii) the letter responding to an email of 10 September 2013 (recipient’s name redacted) responding to the recipient’s email dated 26 July 2013 about Doncaster Council.

I am marking the rest of this communication,

FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE PERSON WHO CONDUCTS FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REVIEWS

I am requesting an internal review of EHRC’s response of 25 April 2016 to my FOI request of 26 March 2016, 'Compliance notices issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission', on the following grounds:

1. You say that EHRC receives many enquiries seeking the use of its legal enforcement powers.

2. Yet your reply to my information request FOI975 appears to identify requests relating to just two authorities, namely Doncaster and Tower Hamlets, over the five-year period from April 2011 to April 2016.

3. Two is not “many”, and accordingly I have reason to think that your reply has withheld a number of requests to issue a compliance notice and your replies thereto.

4. You have not provided letters of 27 July 2012 to Trevor Phillips referred to in a letter of 6 September 2012 from John Wadham of EHRC (recipient’s name redacted) about Doncaster Council, and also the letter responding to an email of 10 September 2013 (recipient’s name redacted) responding to the recipient’s email dated 26 July 2013 about Doncaster Council.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...

Yours sincerely

Peter Williams

Freedom of Information, Equality and Human Rights Commission

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Dear Peter

 

Subject: Review Request

 

Thank you for your email dated 8 May 2016 which we note contains both a
request for documents and a request for an internal review.

 

We aim to respond promptly and within 20 working days. You can therefore
expect to receive our response by no later than 6 June 2016. If for any
reason we are not able to meet this deadline, we will notify you and give
you an indication of when we will send you a full response.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Philippa Bullen

Corporate Communications Officer

 

DDI: 0161 829 8323

 

Correspondence Unit | Arndale Centre, Arndale House, Manchester, M4 3AQ

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Dear Peter

 

Further to your email dated 8 May 2016, please find attached our review
response and accompanying documents.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Philippa Bullen

Corporate Communications Officer

 

DDI: 0161 829 8323

 

Correspondence Unit | Arndale Centre, Arndale House, Manchester, M4 3AQ

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For the attention of Philippa Bullen, Corporate Communications Officer, Equality and Human Rights Commission

Dear Philippa

Thank you for your email and attachments of 2 June 2016 - EHRC's response to my internal review request of 8 May 2016 regarding my FOI request of 26 March 2016 about compliance notices.

I am presently studying EHRC's response and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely

Peter Williams

Freedom of Information, Equality and Human Rights Commission

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