BPL Files

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Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

Under FOI please could you provide me with a list of file volumes held by the Department and/or its records office which contain any of the following keywords in the title:

"BPL"
"Blood Products"
"Bio Products Laboratory"

Please provide a 2 column list giving the full title of each file and its reference number. Many Thanks,

Yours faithfully,

JJ Evans

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Dear JJ Evans,

Thank you for your email to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
In order for us to be able to assist you with your request and best direct any search please could you refine the scope of your request.  As currently drafted your request is too broad and we may be unable to proceed with it.

Would it be possible for you to refine your request and specify a particular region or country for the correspondence you are seeking?

Once we receive your revised request we will consider it and the appropriate course of action.

Yours sincerely

Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

Thank you for your reply. I would like to clarify that I am not asking for correspondence, I am asking for a list of file titles and references held by your department/records office where the titles of those volumes contain any of the keywords specified in the original request.

You may perhaps find it easier to understand what it is I am requesting by looking at this successful FOI request (link below) that I recently made to the DWP. Many Thanks,
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/h...

Yours faithfully,

JJ Evans

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Dear JJ Evans,
 
Thank you for your reply. We are still unable to proceed with your request
without further refinement. We require a timeframe to search our records.
If you do not narrow your request down further by a region or department
we cannot guarantee that a timeframe only will bring your FOI request
within the allowed statutory FOIA limit. Please confirm the timeframe that
you would like us to proceed with.
 
 
Yours sincerely
 
Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
 
 
 

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Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

These would be files from England within the time period 1974 - 1992

Yours faithfully,

JJ Evans

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Dear JJ Evans,
 
Thank you for your reply. We are able to accept your request with respect
to the years 1976-1990. However to search the years 1974-75 and  1991-92
would exceed the statutory limits. Section 12 of the Freedom of
Information Act makes provision for public authorities to refuse requests
for information where the cost of dealing with them would exceed the
appropriate limit. To avoid any further delay, we could search the years
1976-90 as a initial FOI request. If you were also able to let us know,
for 1974-75 and 1991-92, which country you are most interested in, then we
can treat that as a separate FOI request.
 
Please let us know if you are happy to proceed with the initial FOI
request 1976 - 90.
 
 
Yours sincerely
 
Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
 
 
 
 
 

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Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

Many thanks for your help which is greatly appreciated, I am happy to proceed with this FOI on the grounds you propose and I can also confirm that in the form of a separate request the country to which the searches pertain for the other periods would also be England.

Yours faithfully,

JJ Evans

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Dear Mr Evans,

Thank you for your reply and confirmation of details for for 1974-75 and 1991-92. Your FOI request for information held 1976 - 90 has been accepted under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. It has been assigned a unique reference number (above) and has been passed to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with. They will be in touch with you should your request need clarification.

We received your request on 25 May 2018 and will aim to respond within 20 working days, following date of receipt.

Yours sincerely

Central FoI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Dear JJ Evans,

I attach the reply to your FOI request.

Yours sincerely,

Historical FOI Team

Knowledge Management Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

Further to your last reply I wish to refine my request further to Science and Technology (and other changes of names) from 1983 – 1993.

Yours faithfully,

JJ Evans

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Dear JJ Evans,

Thank you for your FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. It has been assigned a unique reference number (above) and has been passed to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with. They will be in touch with you should your request need clarification.

We received your request on 31 July 2018 and will aim to respond within 20 working days, following date of receipt.

Yours sincerely

Central FoI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Dear J J Evans,

I attach the reply to your FOI request.

Yours sincerely,

Historical FOI Team

Knowledge Management Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

This email is intended for the addressee(s) only.  All messages sent and
received by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office may be monitored in line
with relevant [1]UK legislation

References

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