Coronavirus deaths 2020.

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Public Health England should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Minister Francis

Dear Public Health England,

I a minister of God and according to your ordinance the freedom of information act 2000 require full disclosure and honest transparent answers to the following questions...

How many staff members of all pay grades in the entirety of public health England organisation have died as a result of coronavirus or covid19 this year 2020?

In reverence and love for all of the heavenly fathers creation,

minister francis.

FOI, Public Health England

OFFICIAL
Dear Minister Francis,

Thank you for your email. I note that this has not been signed off with your name to show who is responsible for the request.

The Information Commissioner’s Office has strict guidelines on how public authorities should recognise a valid Freedom of Information (FOI) request. In order to process your request, please provide us with your real name. As soon as this is provided we will process your request. Under Section 16 of the FOI Act, public authorities have a duty to provide advice and assistance. Accordingly, please visit the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)’s website on the following link which provides guidance on the definition of what constitutes to a real name:  https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisatio...

FOI Team
Public Accountability Unit
Public Health England
[PHE request email]
www.gov.uk/phe   Follow us on Twitter @PHE uk

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Dear FOI,

You may address me as minister francis as this is the only name that I answer to and am known by. If you accept this I would take it as a show of not only disrespect but prejudice and discrimination.

In reverence and love for all of the heavenly fathers creation,

minister francis.

FOI, Public Health England

OFFICIAL
Dear Minister Francis,

We acknowledge receipt of your email and request for information, which will be treated as a request for information under statutory access legislation.

Please note that requests under the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations (EIRs) will receive a response within 20 working days from the day following the date of receipt of your request.

If the request is for your personal data, your request has been handled as a data subject access request (SAR) under Article 15 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), then we will respond  within one month of the receipt of the request.

Public Health England (PHE) is responsible for providing guidance and advice to government and front-line services for all aspects of public health.  It is a designated Category 1 responder organisation under the Civil Contingency Act and this specifically includes the COVID-19 response, providing clinical expertise and wider public health advice and guidance across national and local government, the NHS and third sector.  As such, you may experience delays when making statutory information access requests during the pandemic.

We will aim to address all requests promptly and within the required response timeframes.  However when we are unable to meet the response timeframe we will keep requesters updated on a revised expected timescale for a response to their request. The Information Commissioner recognises this position in its recent guidance, see link: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/dat...

Public Accountability Unit
Public Health England
[PHE request email]
Tel: 020 8327 6920 
www.gov.uk/phe   Follow us on Twitter @PHE uk

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Dear FOI,

Under your own ordinance I give you the statutory time limit in which is allowed relative to freedom of information requests just like all other so called public authorities have to adhere to.

In reverence and love for all of the heavenly fathers creation,

minister francis.

FOI, Public Health England

OFFICIAL
Dear Minister Francis,

Thank you for your email and patience whilst we process your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We apologise for the delay in providing our response. Due to the pandemic we are dealing with a high volume of requests at this time. We aim to provide you with a response by the 15 September 2020. In the meantime may we draw your attention to the Information Commissioner’s current guidance following the pandemic outbreak of COVID-19, which can be found on the following link: https://ico.org.uk/global/data-protectio....

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Thank you once again for your patience

Kind Regards,

FOI Team
Public Accountability Unit
Public Health England
[PHE request email]
Tel: 020 8327 6920
www.gov.uk/phe Follow us on Twitter @PHE uk

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Dear Minister Francis,

Please find attached Public Health England (PHE)'s response to your request. Please accept our apologies for the delay in our response. PHE has been dealing with a high volume of requests due to the pandemic.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Team
Public Accountability Unit
Public Health England
[PHE request email]
Tel: 020 8327 6920
www.gov.uk/phe Follow us on Twitter @PHE uk

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