Request for information on GWP*

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,

Please supply documents written in the past 2 years by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which mention GWP*.

Yours faithfully,

Geoff Beacon

Yours faithfully,

Geoff Beacon

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

BEIS ref: EIR2021/11713

Dear Mr Beacon

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 23rd
April. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at the
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to process.

Your request is being considered under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and
we will reply at the latest by 24th May.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights & Records Unit at BEIS. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications.

Kind regards,

Information Rights & Records Unit

Information Rights & Records Unit | Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy | 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET |
www.gov.uk/beis | [email address] |

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Dear Mr Beacon,

Please note we have responded to your requests for information, references EIR2021/10711 and EIR2021/10713 in a previous email.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information Rights and Records Unit at BEIS.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communication.

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights and Records Unit

[BEIS request email]
www.gov.uk/beis | https://twitter.com/beisgovuk

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Dear FOI Requests,

Your refs:
1. EIR2021/11713;
2. EIR2021/11710.

Thank you for your response of 12th May 2021.

May I remind you of my request of 24th March.

"Please supply documents written in the past 2 years for the Department for Business, Energy
and Industrial Strategy, which mention GWP*."

In your reply of the 23rd April, this was interpreted to mean "documents externally written for, or commissioned by, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy". This excludes documents written by DBEIS. Please confirm that your rather odd interpretation of my request was intended.

In response to this reply, I made two further requests on 23rd April. One was

1. "Please supply documents written in the past 2 years by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which mention GWP*."

This was intended to clarify my intentions in the request of 24th March.

The other was

2. "Please supply documents written in the past 2 years held by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which mention GWP*."

The first request is clearly narrower than the first.

In your reply of 12 May, there is only mention of the second request. I.e.

"Dear Mr Geoff Beacon,

Thank you for your emails of 23rd April where you requested the following information:

1. Please supply documents written in the past 2 years held by the Department for
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which mention GWP*;

2. Please supply documents written in the past 2 years held by the Department for
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which mention GWP*. "

There is clearly a mistake here, which, for a second time, excludes documents written in the past 2 years BY the Department.

I appreciate that the second of these requests is broader than the first.

Please clarify. Also confirm that in "documents externally written for, or commissioned by, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy" was intended to exclude document written internally.

Yours sincerely,

Geoff Beacon

Dear FOI Requests,

Your refs:
1. EIR2021/11713;
2. EIR2021/11710.

I have not yet received a response to my response of 16th May 2021.

I'm sure you will have noted my mistake in writing

" past 2 years for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy" in the first part of my request"

This is stated correctly later in the response

" past 2 years by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy" in the first part of my request"

Yours sincerely,

Geoff Beacon

Dear Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's handling of my FOI request 'Request for information on GWP*'.

I have not received an answer to my request of 16th May or my clarification of 7th June.

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

Yours faithfully,

Geoff Beacon

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

BEIS IR ref: IR2021/18104 Original FOI ref: EIR2021/11713

Dear Mr Beacon

Thank you for your request for an internal review which was received on
12th July. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at
the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to
process.

In line with the Information Commissioners guidance, internal reviews
should be responded to within 20 working days unless they are complex, in
which case a response should be sent within 40 working days. Please be
aware that this does not include weekends and bank holidays. The
Department aims to respond to requests for internal reviews as quickly as
possible. We hope to be in contact with you again shortly with a decision
on your request.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights & Records Unit at BEIS. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications.

Kind regards,
Information Rights & Records Unit

Information Rights & Records Unit | Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy | 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET |
www.gov.uk/beis | [email address] |

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is
making a difference by supporting sustained growth and higher skills
across the economy. BEIS: working together for growth

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Good Evening Mr Beacon,

Thank you for your email of 12 July,

Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in providing you with a response to your emails of 16th May and 7th June. The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is currently receiving a high number of FOI requests and correspondence, unfortunately this is causing delays.

After further inspection in to your request we have found that the Department made an error in our response of 12 May.

We aggregated references:

EIR2021/11713: Please supply documents written in the past 2 years by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which mention GWP*.
and
EIR2021/11710: Please supply documents written in the past 2 years held by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which mention GWP*.

However we did not make this clear in our response of 12th May and only addressed EIR2021/11710. Both requests exceed the cost limit and therefore have the same response from the department. As noted in our response, you may wish to refine your request by narrowing its scope and being more specific concerning the precise nature of the information you wish to obtain so that we can process your request. Please accept our apologies for our error, we hope that we have cleared this up.

Regarding your clarification of 16th May:

1. In your reply of the 23rd April, this was interpreted to mean "documents externally written for, or commissioned by, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy". This excludes documents written by DBEIS. Please confirm that your rather odd interpretation of my request was intended.

Yes, we interpreted the intention to mean documents commission by BEIS.

2. Please clarify. Also confirm that in "documents externally written for, or commissioned by, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy" was intended to exclude document written internally.

Yes, in our interpretation, these did not include internal documents.

Again we apologise for the handling of your request. We hope that this email will clarify your points.

The department would be grateful if you can let us know if you would still like us to process your internal review following our explanation.

Please do not hesitate to ask if you have any questions regarding this email.

Yours Sincerely,

Information Rights and Records Unit

[BEIS request email]
www.gov.uk/beis | https://twitter.com/beisgovuk

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Dear FOI Requests,

1. EIR2021/11713;
2. EIR2021/11710.

Thank you for your reply of 5h August 2021, which says requests EIR2021/11713 and EIR2021/11710 both exceed the cost limits for FOI requests. Please accept the following FOI request:

Searching backwards from 1st April 2021 please supply documents written by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which mention GWP*, until 80% of the cost limit on FOI requests is reached.

Yours sincerely,

Geoff Beacon

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

BEIS ref: EIR2021/19571

Dear Geoff Beacon

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 6th
August. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at the
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to process.

Your request is being considered under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and
we will reply at the latest by 6th September.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights & Records Unit at BEIS. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications.

Kind regards,

Information Rights & Records Unit

Information Rights & Records Unit | Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy | 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET |
www.gov.uk/beis | [email address] |

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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Dear Mr Beacon,

Please find attached the response to your request for information, our reference EIR2021/19571.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information Rights and Records Unit at BEIS.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communication.

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights and Records Unit

[BEIS request email]
www.gov.uk/beis | https://twitter.com/beisgovuk

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Dear FOI Requests,

EIR2021/19571.

Thank you for your reply of 31st August.

Please supply the names of the 100 most recent documents (up until 1st April 2021) that mention "GWP100" as found by the search mechanism mentioned in your reply.

Yours sincerely,

Geoff Beacon

Cedric Knight left an annotation ()

Interesting response. At least they realised 'GWP*' is distinct from 'GWP'. GWP* is given greater prominence in AR6 WG1 (Chapter 7).

You would hope BEIS's IT support could suggest how to escape the wildcard or search through the found documents with another method (like 'grep'). Names of documents is completely reasonable. Otherwise could one request any document with 'Net Zero' or 'Strategy' in the title, or BEIS-produced environmental impacts, that discuss GWP*?

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

BEIS ref: EIR2021/20898

Dear Mr Beacon

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 2nd
September. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at
the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to
process.

Your request is being considered under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and
we will reply at the latest by 30th September.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights & Records Unit at BEIS. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications.

Kind regards,

Information Rights & Records Unit

Information Rights & Records Unit | Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy | 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET |
www.gov.uk/beis | [email address] |

Dear FOI Requests,
Pleas forward this as a complaint to :

Information Rights & Records Unit
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET

I wish to complain that the response sent on 31st August 2021 did not address my request of 6th August.

My request was formulated so as to get at least some documents (searching backwards from 1st April 2021) without exceeding the cost limits for FOI requests.

The reply used a different criteria ("documents on GWP on the system between 01/01/2019 and 04/05/2021) and implied this overrun FOI cost limits.

This was a misinterpretation of my request.

Please do an internal review.

Yours sincerely,

Geoff Beacon

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

BEIS IR ref: IR2021/21503 Original FOI ref: EIR2021/19571

Dear Geoff Beacon

Thank you for your request for an internal review which was received on
10th September. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate
official at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
(BEIS) to process.

In line with the Information Commissioners guidance, internal reviews
should be responded to within 20 working days unless they are complex, in
which case a response should be sent within 40 working days. Please be
aware that this does not include weekends and bank holidays. The
Department aims to respond to requests for internal reviews as quickly as
possible. We hope to be in contact with you again shortly with a decision
on your request.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights & Records Unit at BEIS. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications.

Kind regards,
Information Rights & Records Unit

Information Rights & Records Unit | Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy | 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET |
www.gov.uk/beis | [email address] |

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is
making a difference by supporting sustained growth and higher skills
across the economy. BEIS: working together for growth

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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Dear Mr Beacon,

Please find attached our response to your internal review request, our reference IR2021/21503.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information Rights and Records Unit at BEIS.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communication.

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights and Records Unit


[BEIS request email]
www.gov.uk/beis | https://twitter.com/beisgovuk

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Dear FOI Requests,

On 2nd September 2021 I asked

"EIR2021/19571.

Thank you for your reply of 31st August.

Please supply the names of the 100 most recent documents (up until 1st April 2021) that mention "GWP100" as found by the search mechanism mentioned in your reply."

I have had no reply.

Yours sincerely,

Geoff Beacon

Dear Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's handling of this FOI request I made on 02 September 2021.

<quote>
"EIR2021/19571.

Thank you for your reply of 31st August.

Please supply the names of the 100 most recent documents (up until 1st April 2021) that mention "GWP100" as found by the search mechanism mentioned in your reply."

I have had no reply.

Yours sincerely,

Geoff Beacon
<endquote>

I have had no reply.

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

Yours faithfully,

Geoff Beacon

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

BEIS IR ref: IR2021/28717 Original FOI ref: EIR2021/20898

Dear Mr Beacon

Thank you for your request for an internal review which was received on
30th November. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official
at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to
process.

In line with the Information Commissioners guidance, internal reviews
should be responded to within 20 working days unless they are complex, in
which case a response should be sent within 40 working days. Please be
aware that this does not include weekends and bank holidays. The
Department aims to respond to requests for internal reviews as quickly as
possible. We hope to be in contact with you again shortly with a decision
on your request.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights & Records Unit at BEIS. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications.

Kind regards,
Information Rights & Records Unit

Information Rights & Records Unit | Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy | 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET |
www.gov.uk/beis | [email address] |

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is
making a difference by supporting sustained growth and higher skills
across the economy. BEIS: working together for growth

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

1 Attachment

Dear Mr Beacon

Please find attached the response to your Internal Review request, our reference IR2021/28717.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information Rights and Records Unit at BEIS.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights & Records Unit

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Upper Ground
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
www.gov.uk/beis

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

2 Attachments

Dear Mr Beacon

Please find attached the Department's response to your Freedom of Information request, our reference FOI2021/20898.

We apologise for the delay in sending you our response and for any inconvenience this delay may have caused.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information Rights & Records Unit at BEIS.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,
Information Rights & Records Unit

Dear FOI Requests,

Thank you for the documant "R foi 100 redacted 20898.pdf".

Please send me copies of these two documents it lists:

1. BEIS comments_ar6wg1_sod

2. Climate Carbon Feedbacks in AR5 Note

Yours sincerely,

Geoff Beacon

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

BEIS ref: EIR2022/04731

Dear Mr Beacon

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 24th
February. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at
the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to
process.

Your request is being considered under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and
we will reply at the latest by 24th March.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights & Records Unit at BEIS. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications.

Kind regards,

Information Rights & Records Unit

Information Rights & Records Unit | Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy | 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET |
www.gov.uk/beis | [email address] |

Dear Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's handling of my FOI request 'Request for information on GWP*'.

BEIS ref: EIR2022/04731

My request of the 24 February should have been answered by now.

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

Yours faithfully,

Geoff Beacon

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

BEIS IR ref: IR2022/07210 Original FOI ref: EIR2022/04731

Dear Mr Beacon

Thank you for your request for an internal review which was received on
24th March. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at
the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to
process.

In line with the Information Commissioners guidance, internal reviews
should be responded to within 20 working days unless they are complex, in
which case a response should be sent within 40 working days. Please be
aware that this does not include weekends and bank holidays. The
Department aims to respond to requests for internal reviews as quickly as
possible. We hope to be in contact with you again shortly with a decision
on your request.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights & Records Unit at BEIS. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications.

Kind regards,
Information Rights & Records Unit

Information Rights & Records Unit | Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy | 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET |
www.gov.uk/beis | [email address] |

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is
making a difference by supporting sustained growth and higher skills
across the economy. BEIS: working together for growth

Dear Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's handling of my FOI request 'Request for information on GWP*'.

I was promised an internal review months ago - none has arrived.

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

Yours faithfully,

Geoff Beacon

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

2 Attachments

Dear Geoff Beacon,

Please find attached our response to your information request, our reference EIR2022/04731.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information Rights & Records Unit at BEIS.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communication.

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights & Records Unit

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Upper Ground
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
www.gov.uk/beis

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FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Dear Mr Beacon,

Thank you for your email dated 7th July.

We apologise for the delay in responding to your initial FOI request and the follow up Internal Review Request.

You may note that we have today issued our response to your original FOI request.

As we have now responded with our response, could you confirm if we may now close the follow up Internal Review request, reference IR2022/07210?

We apologise once again for the delay.

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights & Records Unit

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Upper Ground
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
www.gov.uk/beis

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Dear FOI Requests,

Ref FOI2021/20898. (Original BEIS ref: EIR2021/11713)

In January 2022 I was sent a document (foi 100 redacted 20898.pdf).
This contained titles of documents held by BEIS.

Some titles were redacted under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
This section of the act refers to disclosure of personal information.

Please send me these documents, with personal information redacted.

Yours sincerely,

Geoff Beacon

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

I am currently on leave and return on 1st August.

 

For FOI requests please contact [email address]

 

BEIS Correspondence, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

BEIS ref: EIR2022/18098

Dear Mr Beacon

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 29th
July. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at the
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to process.

Your request is being considered under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and
we will reply at the latest by 26th August.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights & Records Unit at BEIS. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications.

Kind regards,

Information Rights & Records Unit

Information Rights & Records Unit | Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy | 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET |
www.gov.uk/beis | [email address] |

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

1 Attachment

Dear Geoff Beacon,

Please find attached our response to your information request, our reference EIR2022/18098.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information Rights & Records Unit at BEIS.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communication.

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights & Records Unit

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Upper Ground
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
www.gov.uk/beis

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Dear FOI Requests,

Thank you for your reply of 25th August 2022.

Please tell me when the "seventh document" was deleted.

In addition, please tell me, with personal information redacted, the title of this document.

Yours sincerely,

Geoff Beacon

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

BEIS ref: FOI2022/21347

Dear Geoff Beacon

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 12th
September. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at
the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to
process.

Your request is being considered under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and
we will reply at the latest by 11th October.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights & Records Unit at BEIS. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications.

Kind regards,

Information Rights & Records Unit

Information Rights & Records Unit | Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy | 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET |
www.gov.uk/beis | [email address] |

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

1 Attachment

Dear Geoff Beacon,

Please find attached our response to your information request, our reference FOI2022/21347.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information Rights & Records Unit at BEIS.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communication.

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights & Records Unit

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Upper Ground
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET

www.gov.uk/beis

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