Doug Thornton Investigations - FOI-21-4268

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, High Speed Two (HS2) Limited should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear High Speed Two (HS2) Limited,

On July 8th I sent this :-
Can I have all documents relating the Doug Thornton investigations performed by HS2
as described in letter from Chris Grayling to Lord Forsyth Mar 13th 2019.

"It is also relevant to note that Mr Thorntons concerns have been investigated both internally within the company"

"Mr Thornton raised a number of concerns with HS2 in 2018. HS2 investigated their validity"

"Since the NAO report has been published, Mr Thornton has raised further concerns. These have also been investigated by HS2"

From the above I would expect at least 3 documents

On July 8th J Palmer replied :-
..... Your reference number for the request is FOI-21-4268.

You should have replied by Aug 8th - but I am still waiting

Please reply on FOI-21-4268.

Yours faithfully,

Mike Haville

FOI Request, High Speed Two (HS2) Limited

Dear Mike Haville

I apologise, you are right that we have exceeded the statutory deadlines.

I hope that we will be able to respond shortly. In the meantime your email will be treated as a request for an Internal Review.

Thank you

Carl

Carl Bird | Senior Manager Briefings, Correspondence and Freedom of Information (BCFOI) | HS2 Ltd      
Tel: 08081 434 434 (Freephone number)| [HS2 request email]| Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited , Two Snow Hill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6GA  | www.gov.uk/hs2

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FOI Request, High Speed Two (HS2) Limited

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Dear Mike Haville,

 

Firstly I would like to take this opportunity to apologise for the delay
in responding to your request and any incovenience this may have caused.

 

Please find attached our response to the above mentioned request.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

On behalf of Carl Bird | Senior Manager Briefings, Correspondence and
Freedom of Information | HS2 Ltd      

Tel: 08081 434 434 (Freephone number)| [1][HS2 request email]|
[2]Facebook | [3]Twitter | [4]LinkedIn

High Speed Two (HS2) Limited , Two Snow Hill, Snow Hill Queensway,
Birmingham, B4 6GA  | [5]www.gov.uk/hs2

 

 

 

 

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Dear Nicole Geoghegan

I would like to to say thankyou for apology below , but find I cannot as I have still not had a reply
to my July 5 FOI request. Your guys seem to be having fun waiting 60 days and then asking for clarification on the original question.

"Unfortunately, in this instance we did not respond to your request within the maximum
legislative timeframe. As our response was sent outside of the maximum required timeframe,
I would like to take this opportunity to apologise for the delay in HS2 Ltd responding to your
request and any inconvenience this may have caused."

Yours sincerely,

Mike Haville

FOI Request, High Speed Two (HS2) Limited

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Dear Mike Haville

We responded to FOI-21-4268 on 30 September 2021. Please find this response attached.

You sent in a new request (a refined request in response to our refusal on cost grounds). Please see attached.

These are contained on a separate 'What Do They Know' page here:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...

You appear to have sent in your request for review using a new 'What Do They Know' page. It is not clear why you did this. 'What Do They know' allows you to ask for a review without opening a new page, so this was unnecessary. Indeed you have used What Do They Know correctly on previous occasions to ask for a review.

You sent in your new request using the original webpage.

This is why the true history of your request is now spread over two webpages.

Please note that a response to your refined request (FOI-21-4411) should be with you shortly. It will be sent to the email address you used to send it.

I trust this clarifies matters for you.

Thanks

Carl

Carl Bird | Senior Manager Briefings, Correspondence and Freedom of Information (BCFOI) | HS2 Ltd      
Tel: 08081 434 434 (Freephone number)| [HS2 request email]| Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited , Two Snow Hill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6GA  | www.gov.uk/hs2

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Dear Carl,

The reason I opened a new request was that I got no reply on 2 requests on the FOI-21-4268 route Sep 6 & Sep 14th

Yours sincerely,

Mike Haville