Adverse Affect on International Relationss

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Dear Department of Energy and Climate Change,

I refer to my information request of 27 December and your response of 23 January 2012, your ref No: 11/1726, for which I will shortly request an internal review under separate cover.

My Request 1 was:

“Please supply me with a copy of the First Order Draft of each of the 14 chapters of the Working Group One Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report.”

Your reply was:

“We are withholding the information under the exception contained in regulation 12(5)(a) which applies where disclosure of the information would adversely affect international relations, defence, national security or public safety. In applying this exception we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the public interest in disclosure.”

[1] Please tell me for how many countries you have established that disclosure “would”, as opposed to “may”, adversely affect international relations, defence, national security or public safety.
[2] Please tell which of the four matters would be adversely affected.
[3] Please supply me with copies of any recorded evidence that hold in support of your refusal on your started exception.

My Request 2 was
“Please supply the list of those in the UK to whom the report has been sent for review.”
You indicated that it is not held by DECC.
[4] Please supply me with a copy of or a URL link to the latest dated IPCC document held by DECC that contains the following statement:
“The first draft Reports should be sent to Government Focal Points, for information, along with a list of those to whom the Report has been sent for review in that country. “
[5] Please supply me a copy of recoded information referring to the supply or lack thereof of above mentioned list or any other matter concerning the list.
Under Article 5(1) of the Aarhus Convention the British government undertook to ensure that “Public authorities possess and update environmental information which is relevant to their functions”
[6] Please supply me with any departmental instructions on compliance with Aarhus Article 5(1).

My Request 5 was:
“Please provide me with a copy of your written departmental procedures for conformance with EIR regulation 4.”
Your reply was “DECC does not have written departmental procedures for conformance with regulation 4 of the EIRs.”
[7] Please supply me with a copy or URL link to any recorded information held by DECC containing the following statement of Information Commissioner or any similar one in respect of regulation 4 that states, paraphrases or discusses it or discusses it applicability or otherwise to DECC.
“This requires the dissemination to be ongoing, with an active consideration of any new information to be included for dissemination. The words “active” and “systematic” suggest therefore that authorities set in place a written policy for the consideration of any new environmental information it produces or obtains for inclusion within the active dissemination of information.”
[8] Please advise me where on DECC’s Internet home page, (I will accept the URL that it links to) or is otherwise provided by “electronic means”, there is a publication scheme for environmental information relevant to DECC’s functions that is “easily accessible” and organised “systematically”.

Yours faithfully,

David Holland

FOI Requests,

DECC Ref: 12/0134

 
Dear Mr Holland,

Thank you for your further request for information which was received on
30 January 2012. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate
official at the Department of Energy and Climate Change to deal with.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 and will be responded at the latest by 27
February 2012.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the information
rights unit at BIS who have a shared service when dealing with requests
for DECC. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any
future communications.

Kind regards,
Information Rights Unit

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FOI Requests,

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Dear Mr Holland
 
Please see the attached letter relating to your Freedom of Information
request received on 30 January 2012.
 
Best regards,
Information Rights Unit
 

Information Rights Unit (DECC Shared Service) | Department for Business,
Innovation & Skills | 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET
| [1]www.decc.gov.uk | [2]www.bis.gov.uk

 

 

 

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