Engagement with expatriate groups on behalf of Dept Exiting EU
Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
I recently made an FOI request to the Department for Exiting the EU, asking which expatriate groups they had contacted, as described in their Brexit 'white paper'.
This request can be seen here: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/e...
As per their response, they claim not to know which groups have been consulted in this way.
They suggest contacting you to discover this information - this is what I am now doing.
As you will see in the body of my original request (see link above), I am concerned that while the DExEU claim to have met with many expat groups, a community leader says he is unaware of any group that has been involved in such feedback. I am therefore requesting a list of the expatriate groups contacted for this purpose so that I, and others, can evaluate whether DExEU's search of opinions covers sufficient types of groups to provide a full picture for Brexit planning.
Please will you provide details of which groups/representatives that you have arranged meetings with in this manner.
Yours faithfully,
Robert Davidson
Dear Mr Davidson,
Thank you for your FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. It has been assigned a unique reference number (above) and has been passed to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with. They will be in touch with you should your request need clarification.
We received your request on 12 April 2017 and will aim to respond within 20 working days, following date of receipt.
Yours sincerely
FOI and DPA Team
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Dear Mr Davidson,
Please see the attached reply to your Freedom of Information Request.
Kind Regards,
Europe Directorate
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
Thank you for your reply to my Freedom of Information Request. As per your suggestion ("You may want to refine your request to a particular country you are seeking information about."), I would like to refine my request to the country of France. Please reconsider the request.
Yours faithfully,
Robert Davidson
Dear Mr Davidson,
Thank you for your FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. It has been assigned a unique reference number (above) and has been passed to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with. They will be in touch with you should your request need clarification.
We received your request on 03 May 2017 and will aim to respond within 20 working days, following date of receipt.
Yours sincerely
FOI and DPA Team
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Dear Mr Davidson,
Please see attached letter in relation to your FOI request.
Kind Regards,
External, Western & Southern Department | Europe Directorate
Foreign & Commonwealth Office | King Charles Street | London | SW1A 2AH
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