Mr Graeme Amis
By email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
18 October 2018
Dear Mr Amis
FOI18-2114
Thank you for your information request of 21 September. Your request has been considered
under the Freedom of Information 2000 (“the FOI Act”).
Further to our response to your previous FOI request, reference FO18-2087, you have
requested the fol owing information:
“
As you have said that HS2 holds the information requested, could you please provide
just a list of the names of the documents that were identified as being relevant to the
request”.
I can confirm that HS2 Ltd holds the information that you have requested and the list of
completed relevant documents is provided in alphabetical order as fol ows:
− 15 Sets of Minutes from meetings between October 2016 and August 2018
− Construction Methods - Tunnels - Slurry TBMs PowerPoint Presentation (January 2018)
− Desk Study Assessment of Turbidity Risk at
S31 and
S31 Stage III (December 2017)
− Desk Study Assessment of Turbidity Risk at Three Affinity Water Sites (November 2016)
− Desk Study Assessment of Turbidity Risk at
S31 (July 2017)
− Ground water Monitoring Strategy - Affinity Water Sources (July 2018)
− HS2 Construction Induced Groundwater Turbidity - Design Specification - Summary
Report for HS2 Ltd (February 2018)
− HS2 Construction - Turbidity Treatment Options Selection – Initial Summary Report for
HS2 Ltd (March 2018)
− HS2 Overview and Groundwater Issues in the Affinity Water Area (April 2017)
− HS2 Treatment and Turbidity Summary Report (May 2017)
− Interim Turbidity Report (December 2016)
− Sector C1 / Affinity Water - Red Review Water Resources Mitigation (June 2017)
− Sector C1 Programme / Risk Workshop (November 2017)
Some information in listed document titles has been withheld under the fol owing:
Section 31(1)(a) - Law enforcement – prevention of crime
Section 31(1)(a) of the FOI Act can exempt information which would make it more vulnerable
to crime; for the ful text of the exemption please see
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/31.
Consequently we have redacted the geographical location of any water pumping station from
the titles of the documents we hold.
Public Interest Test
Section 31(1)(a) of the FOI Act is subject to a public interest test (PIT) which means we need to
consider whether “in al the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the
exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information”. We have weighed up
the benefits to the public of releasing the information against the factors for not releasing it.
We consider that the factors for not releasing the information outweigh that for disclosure.
Please see
Annex A for ful details of our consideration.
If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your request or with the decisions made in
relation to your request, you may complain in writing to HS2 Ltd at the address below. Please
also see attached details of HS2 Ltd’s complaints procedure and your right to complain to the
Information Commissioner.
Please remember to quote reference number
FOI18-2114 in any future communication
relating to this request.
Yours sincerely
Alistair Hobbs
Briefings, Correspondence and FOI Adviser
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
Your right to complain to HS2 Ltd and the Information Commissioner
You have the right to complain to HS2 Ltd within two calendar months of the date of this
letter about the way in which your request for information was handled and/or about the
decision not to disclose al or part of the information requested.
Your complaint wil be acknowledged and you wil be advised of a target date by which to
expect a response. Initial y your complaint wil be re-considered by the official who dealt with
your request for information. If, after careful consideration, that official decides that his/her
decision was correct, your complaint wil automatically be referred to a senior independent
official who wil conduct a further review. You wil be advised of the outcome of your
complaint and if a decision is taken to disclose information original y withheld this wil be
done as soon as possible.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can
be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF