By email
Ref: 12/01/25/v1/35
Health Protection Agency
Public Information Access
61 Colindale Avenue
John Wicker xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
London
NW9 5EQ
Tel +44 (0)20 8327 6629
Fax +44 (0)20 8327 6633
www.hpa.org.uk
21 February 2012
Email: xxx@xxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Wicker
Re: Breakdown Costs For CJD panel IT Services
Thank you for your request of the 25 January 2012 in which you request information on the
Creutzfeldt - Jacok disease (CJD) panel hardware maintenance and costs. I confirm in
accordance with section 1 (1) (a) of the Act that the Health Protection Agency does not hold
the information specified in your request.
However, under section 16 of the Act, we have a duty to also provide advice and assistance
regarding your request. I have contacted the head of the CJD panel and have been informed
that the CJD Incidents Panel is an independent scientific advisory committee which has no
base or facilities such as IT hardware of its own.
Additionally, the Secretariat for the CJD Incidents Panel is provided by the CJD Section of
HPA Health Protection Services, Colindale. Support services, including IT hardware, are
shared with many different entities and individuals on this site. As a result, we are not able to
provide details of the share of facilities used solely by the CJD Incidents Panel Secretariat.
I hope you have found this information helpful. If you have any queries regarding the
information that has been supplied to you, please refer them in the first instance to
myself. If you are dissatisfied with this response and would like a copy of the HPA
complaints procedure then please contact Mr George Stafford, Complaints Manager
Health Protection Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ.
Please note that you have the right to an independent review by the Information
Commissioner’s Office if a complaint cannot be resolved through the HPA complaints
procedure. The Information Commissioner’s Office can be contacted by writing to:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire
SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely,
Gloria Akinyemi Freedom of Information Officer Health Protection Agency xxx@xxx.xxx.
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