Did the Minister know about HMRC's litigation assessment?

The request was refused by HM Treasury.

Dear Her Majesty’s Treasury,

I realise that this is a difficult question to answer but perhaps there is a record of briefings or other communications on this matter.

Can you confirm (yes or no) if the then Financial Secretary to the Treasury Jane Kennedy had ever been briefed, prior to the enactment of Section 58 Finance Act 2008, about the assessment HMRC had made of their chances of success in litigation under the existing law?

Yours faithfully,

Peter Hill

Enquiries, CEU - HMT [Restricted], HM Treasury

Dear Mr Hill

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. I write to confirm receipt of your request and to let you know that it is receiving attention. If you have any enquiries regarding your request do not hesitate to contact us.

Regards

Adeola

Adeola Otinwa|Correspondence Officer| Correspondence and Information Rights Team|HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road,London, SW1A 2HQ|

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responses, FOI - HMT [Restricted], HM Treasury

Dear Mr Hill,

Thank you for your email.

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We estimate it will take no more than 4 weeks to complete our considerations, though we will of course reply sooner if possible.

Many thanks,

Information Rights Unit |Correspondence and Information Rights|

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Dear Mr Hill,

 

Please find attached a response to your FOI request.

 

Many thanks,

 

Information Rights Unit |Correspondence and Information Rights

 

 

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Dear Her Majesty’s Treasury,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Her Majesty’s Treasury's handling of my FOI request 'Did the Minister know about HMRC's litigation assessment?'.

Your response to this FOI appears to be at odds with an earlier FOI response (below) which stated quite categorically that HMT did not hold any information about HMRC's litigation assessment. I would be grateful if you could explain how this response is reconcilable with the previous one, and thereby clarify the position as to what information is actually held.
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/1...

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...

Yours faithfully,

Peter Hill

Enquiries, CEU - HMT [Restricted], HM Treasury

Dear Mr Hill,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. I write to confirm receipt of your request and to let you know that it is receiving attention. If you have any enquiries regarding your request do not hesitate to contact me.
Ryan Holmes.
Correspondence and FOI Support Officer,
HM Treasury.

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Dear Enquiries, CEU - HMT [Restricted],

I would be grateful if you could provide an update on the internal review I requested on 8 January 2014.

Yours sincerely,

Peter Hill

Enquiries, CEU - HMT [Restricted], HM Treasury

Dear Mr Hill,

Thank you for your email. I have spoken to officials who are handling your request and we hope to be in a position to reply shortly.

Kind Regards,

Mohammad

Correspondence and Information Rights Team | Corporate Centre Group | 2nd Floor Blue Zone | HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Rd, London, SW1A 2HQ | Please consider the environment before printing this email.
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk

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Dear Enquiries, CEU - HMT [Restricted],

Please can you give the officials another prod.

It's over 4 months since I requested the internal review.

Yours sincerely,

Peter Hill

Enquiries, CEU - HMT, HM Treasury

Dear Mr Hill,

We apologise for the continuing delay but I can confirm we are progressing your request. We hope to be in a position to respond shortly, thank you.

Kind regards,
Ava

Ava Rose | Correspondence & Enquiries Administrator | Correspondence & Information Rights Team | Corporate Centre Group | HM Treasury | 2 Blue | 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ | 020 7270 6602 | www.gov.uk/hm-treasury

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navartne left an annotation ()

it's now over two years since the request for an internal review!!. No reply from the Treasury.