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Dear Ms Thirsk,

Please find attached the response to your request of 3rd May for
information on Badger cull zones.

Yours sincerely

Mark Shotton

Information Rights Team

[email address]

Dear Ms Thirsk,

Thank you for your email which we received on 11 June, challenging our
response to your request for information. We are handling this as a
request for an internal review.

If your request was handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA), section 45 Code of Practice states that an internal review should
take no longer than 20 working days, or 40 in exceptional circumstances.

If your request was handled under the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004 (EIRs), regulation 11(4) requires a public authority to
consider the complaint and respond to the complainant as soon as possible
and no later than 40 working days from the time when the complaint was
received.

We can inform you that the 10th August is the 40 ^th working day from the
date we received your complaint.

If you have any queries about this letter please contact us.

Yours sincerely

Mark Shotton

Information Rights Team

[email address]

Dear Ms Thirsk,

Please find attached the response to your request for an internal review
of 11th June for information on Badger cull zones.

Yours sincerely

Mark Shotton

Information Rights Team

[email address]