Dear Sir/Madam

I am sorry to hear about the delays you have told me about but I am afraid
that I am not going to process this request. I refer you to sections 1 and
8 Freedom of Information Act 2000. In order to be a valid request under
the terms of the Act an applicant must:-

1)      Put the request in writing and describe the information required;
you have done that.

2)      Provide an address for correspondence; HMRC accepts the
whatdotheyknow address as fulfilling that requirement.

3)      Provide their name; you have not done that.

For (3) you must provide your proper name; abbreviations or pseudonyms are
not acceptable. HMRC will not deal with your invalid request until you
fulfil all the conditions set out above. If you would prefer not to put
your name on this website you can of course make your request direct to
HMRC using the contact details at this link
[1]http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/freedom/make-info...

You should not take the suggestion that you put your request on the right
footing as indicating that the information you have asked about is held
or, if it is, that it will be released.

Yours faithfully

John Sharpe

HMRC FOI Policy Team

Central Policy

Room 1C/25

100 Parliament Street

London

SW1A 2BQ

tel 020 7147 2412

fax 020 7147 0666

e-mail [email address] 

The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may
be subject to legal professional privilege. Unless you are the intended
recipient or his/her representative you are not authorised to, and must
not, read, copy, distribute, use or retain this message or any part of it.
If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender
immediately.

HM Revenue & Customs computer systems will be monitored and communications
carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the system
and for lawful purposes.

The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs are not liable for any
personal views of the sender.

This e-mail may have been intercepted and its information altered.

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Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
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Margaret Earing
HMRC Freedom of Information Team
Central Policy Information Strategy
100 Parliament Street
Westminster
London SW1A 2BQ

The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may be subject to legal professional privilege. Unless you are the intended recipient or his/her representative you are not authorised to, and must not, read, copy, distribute, use or retain this message or any part of it. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately.

HM Revenue & Customs computer systems will be monitored and communications carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the system and for lawful purposes.

The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs are not liable for any personal views of the sender.

This e-mail may have been intercepted and its information altered.

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I am writing in response to your request for a review of the handling of
your enquiry made to HMRC on 22 June 2011. Strictly speaking you are not
entitled to a review of the handling of an invalid request, I am however
able to confirm that the request was handled correctly.

HMRC replied explaining that it would not be complying with your request
further as you had not included your name as per section 8(1)(b)of the
Act. HMRC also explained to you how to frame a valid request and this
explanation concurs with guidance issued by the Information
Commissioner. I attach a copy for ease.

If you are able to provide me with your name, house number, and postcode
outside of the Whatdotheyknow(WDTK)website I will be able to make
enquiries to your local office about the delay in your original enquiry.
I will also make arrangements for a response via WDTK to what will then
constitute a valid request under the Act. I look forward to hearing from
you.

Yours faithfully

Margaret Earing
HMRC Freedom of Information Team, 100 Parliament Street London SW1A 2BQ

The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may be subject to legal professional privilege. Unless you are the intended recipient or his/her representative you are not authorised to, and must not, read, copy, distribute, use or retain this message or any part of it. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately.

HM Revenue & Customs computer systems will be monitored and communications carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the system and for lawful purposes.

The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs are not liable for any personal views of the sender.

This e-mail may have been intercepted and its information altered.

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I am writing in response to your request for a review of the handling of
your enquiry made to HMRC on 22 June 2011. Strictly speaking you are not
entitled to a review of the handling of an invalid request, I am however
able to confirm that the request was handled correctly.

HMRC replied explaining that it would not be complying with your request
further as you had not included your name as per section 8(1)(b)of the
Act. HMRC also explained to you how to frame a valid request and this
explanation concurs with guidance issued by the Information
Commissioner. I attach a copy for ease.

If you are able to provide me with your name, house number, and postcode
outside of the Whatdotheyknow(WDTK)website I will be able to make
enquiries to your local office about the delay in your original enquiry.
I will also make arrangements for a response via WDTK to what will then
constitute a valid request under the Act. I look forward to hearing from
you.

Yours faithfully

Margaret Earing
HMRC Freedom of Information Team, 100 Parliament Street London SW1A 2BQ

The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may be subject to legal professional privilege. Unless you are the intended recipient or his/her representative you are not authorised to, and must not, read, copy, distribute, use or retain this message or any part of it. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately.

HM Revenue & Customs computer systems will be monitored and communications carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the system and for lawful purposes.

The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs are not liable for any personal views of the sender.

This e-mail may have been intercepted and its information altered.

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Thank you Mr Spade
I will arrange for your request to be processed without further delay
and for the response to be sent to the address provided.

Margaret Earing
Freedom of Information Team
Central Policy Information Strategy
100 Parliament St London SW1A 2BQ

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Dear Sir/Madam

We had guessed that you were continuing to use a pseudonym and an
incorrect address; thank you for confirming that.

HMRC will not reply to this request for the reasons previously explained. 
We will of course be happy to reply in accordance with the Act once we are
satisfied you have fully complied with sections 1 and 8 FOIA.

If you wish to make requests direct to HMRC you can use the contact
details here [1]http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/freedom/make-info... .  I
understand that the ‘whatdotheyknow’ website automatically blocks e-mails
which may be why the ones in our earlier replies do not appear. 

I am copying this reply to the administrators of ‘whatdotheyknow’. 

Yours Faithfully

John Sharpe

HMRC FOI Policy Team

Central Policy

Room 1C/25

100 Parliament Street

London

SW1A 2BQ

tel 020 7147 2412

fax 020 7147 0666

e-mail [email address] 

The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may
be subject to legal professional privilege. Unless you are the intended
recipient or his/her representative you are not authorised to, and must
not, read, copy, distribute, use or retain this message or any part of it.
If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender
immediately.

HM Revenue & Customs computer systems will be monitored and communications
carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the system
and for lawful purposes.

The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs are not liable for any
personal views of the sender.

This e-mail may have been intercepted and its information altered.

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Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
recorded for legal purposes.

References

Visible links
1. http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/freedom/make-info...

Dear Sir/Madam

HMRC is normally content to accept the whatdotheyknow website as an
acceptable address for the purposes of section 8(1)(b) FOIA and the name
provided at face value. 

However you have now used 3 different names in your postings on this site
(Tom Trinder, Sam Spade and Stewart Smith).  In view of your obfuscation
we are not prepared to accept that any of them are your true identity.  If
you wish to pursue your request we will need to see some independent
evidence (such as a copy of recent utililty bill or the like showing you
as addressee) that you are who you say you are.  You can send that direct
to me at the address shown below.  

I have to say that in the spirit openness which is at the heart of the Act
it seems inequitable that you expect us to be so when you are not

Yours faithfully

John Sharpe

HMRC FOI Policy Team

Central Policy

Room 1C/25

100 Parliament Street

London

SW1A 2BQ

tel 020 7147 2412

fax 020 7147 0666

e-mail [email address] 

The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may
be subject to legal professional privilege. Unless you are the intended
recipient or his/her representative you are not authorised to, and must
not, read, copy, distribute, use or retain this message or any part of it.
If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender
immediately.

HM Revenue & Customs computer systems will be monitored and communications
carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the system
and for lawful purposes.

The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs are not liable for any
personal views of the sender.

This e-mail may have been intercepted and its information altered.

show quoted sections

Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
recorded for legal purposes.