Behaviour Change Group Deliberations
Dear Public Health Agency for Northern Ireland,
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I request the following:
From the date of constitution of the Behaviour Change Group to 27 January 2022:
1. A list of dates of meetings of the Group;
2. The agenda for each meeting of the Group;
3. The minutes of the proceedings of the Group; and
4. The expenses paid to the members of the Group and the amount spent to support the administration of the Group.
Further I request any reports or recommendations made of the Group to governmental bodies, departments, the Executive and any Ministers.
Yours faithfully,
Robert John Park
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Dear Mr Park
Ref: Freedom of Information Request No. 221/22
Thank you for your request for information. Your request was received by the Public Health Agency on 27 January 2022. This request will be processed under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, within the statutory timescale of 20 working days. While we will endeavour to provide you with a response within this timescale, in the event of disruption to services due to COVID-19 there may be delays and we would appreciate your patience and understanding during this time.
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Dear Mr Park
Freedom of Information Request No. 221/22
We apologise that we have been unable to respond to your information request within the 20 day timeframe as laid down under the FOI Act 2000.
The PHA continues to face system pressures following the impact of Covid 19 and unfortunately this has led to some delays in responding to your information request. However, we can assure you that your request is being progressed and we do hope to be in a position to issue a response to you shortly.
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Your sincerely
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Dear Foi Pha,
I would be grateful for an update on the status of my Freedom of Information request Ref: 221/22
Yours sincerely,
Robert John Park
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Dear Mr Park
I refer to your email of 29 March 2022 and now attach part 1 of the PHA’s response to your information request, part 2 will follow directly after this email. Our response is being issued in two parts due to email size limitations when forwarding large attachments.
Once again we apologise for our delay in responding as previously advised the PHA continues to experience system pressures relating to Covid 19 and unfortunately this has resulted in a delay in responding to your information request.
If you do have any queries about this communication, please do not hesitate to contact me. It would be helpful if you could quote the reference number above in any future communications relating to this request for information.
Yours sincerely
Janine Watterson
FOI Team
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Dear Mr Park
As advised in my previous email, please find attached email 2 of 2 which attaches the remaining information in relation to your information request FOI 221/22.
Yours sincerely
Janine Watterson
Assistant Governance Manager | Public Health Agency | 4th Floor, 12-22 Linenhall Street | Belfast |BT2 8BS
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