Clarification
Dear Office for National Statistics,
I'm still not happy with my response to a previous FOI request.
In the paper on state and public sector pensions, the ONS used the phrase "contingent liabilities".
Dictionaries define contingent as
1. dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon):
Our plans are contingent on the weather.
2. liable to happen or not; uncertain; possible:
They had to plan for contingent expenses.
3. happening by chance or without known cause; fortuitous; accidental:
contingent occurrences.
Which of the three meanings is the one intended by the ONS?
Yours faithfully,
Nick Leaton
Dear Mr Leaton
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In order for this matter to be progressed please clarify in what way you think ONS has not complied with the Freedom of Information Act in dealing with your original request.
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Dear FOI Team,
Sorry a short follow up.
It's a new FOI request about the meaning of the word "Contingent", in your report. Not a question of not complying, unless you can't state what is the meaning you meant in your previous response.
Yours sincerely,
Nick Leaton
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