Guidance provided to EQCs

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Dear HM Passport Office,

I am making a request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act for any internal policy guidance or policy documents provided to Examiner Quality Consultants (or Examining Quality Consultants), which is not provided to Level One and Level Two examiners.

If EQCs are not provided with any additional information beyond that provided to Level One and Level Two examiners, then I request any policy guidance or policy documents which is directed at EQCs, but not Level One/Two examiners.

In addition, I request a copy of all training materials used to train EQCs.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Ng

FOI Requests, HM Passport Office

Mr Ng

Thank you for contacting the Home Office with your request.

This has been assigned to a caseworker (case ref: 37462) who will respond to you in due course.

If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you

FOI Requests
Home Office

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Mr Ng,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 9 November 2015, in which you ask for
information on the guidance documents provided to Examiner Quality
Consultants.  Your request is being handled as a request for information
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

We will aim to send you a full response by 8 December 2015, which is
twenty working days from the date when we received your request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Her Majesty's Passport Office

 

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Dear Mr Ng,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 9 November, in which you ask for information
on the policy documents provided to Examiner Quality Consultants.  Your
request is being handled as a request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

 

We are considering your request.  Although the Act carries a presumption
in favour of disclosure, it provides exemptions which may be used to
withhold information in specified circumstances.  Some of these
exemptions, referred to as ‘qualified exemptions’, are subject to a public
interest test.  This test is used to balance the public interest in
disclosure against the public interest in favour of withholding the
information. The Act allows us to exceed the 20 working day response
target where we need to consider the public interest test fully. 

 

The information which you have requested is being considered under the
exemption in section 31 of the Act, which relate to law enforcement. This
is a qualified exemption and to consider the public interest test fully we
need to extend the 20 working day response period. We now aim to let you
have a full response by 8 January.

                                                                     

Yours sincerely

 

 

Her Majesty's Passport Office.

 

 

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Dear Mr Ng,

 

Thank you for your freedom of information request.

 

Please find attached a response to your request. Due to the size of the
documents requested we will be sending you them in three separate emails.

 

Please note under section 8(1) of the FOI Act you are required to provide
your name. Although we have responded to your FOI request on this occasion
please ensure you state your full name (or at least your first initial
along with your surname) with any future request.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Her Majesty's Passport Office.

 

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Dear Mr Ng,

 

Further to the email below.

 

Second set of documents for FOI 37462/15 attached.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Her Majesty’s Passport Office.

 

From: FOI
Sent: 05 January 2016 16:01
To: '[FOI #301190 email]'
Cc: FOI
Subject: FOICR 37462/15 Mr Ng (part 1/3).

 

Dear Mr Ng,

 

Thank you for your freedom of information request.

 

Please find attached a response to your request. Due to the size of the
documents requested we will be sending you them in three separate emails.

 

Please note under section 8(1) of the FOI Act you are required to provide
your name. Although we have responded to your FOI request on this occasion
please ensure you state your full name (or at least your first initial
along with your surname) with any future request.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Her Majesty's Passport Office.

 

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Dear Mr Ng,

 

Further to the email below.

 

Third set of documents for FOI 37462/15 attached.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Her Majesty’s Passport Office.

 

From: FOI
Sent: 05 January 2016 16:17
To: '[FOI #301190 email]'
Cc: FOI
Subject: RE: FOICR 37462/15 Mr Ng (part 2/3).

 

Dear Mr Ng,

 

Further to the email below.

 

Second set of documents for FOI 37462/15 attached.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Her Majesty’s Passport Office.

 

From: FOI
Sent: 05 January 2016 16:01
To: '[FOI #301190 email]'
Cc: FOI
Subject: FOICR 37462/15 Mr Ng (part 1/3).

 

Dear Mr Ng,

 

Thank you for your freedom of information request.

 

Please find attached a response to your request. Due to the size of the
documents requested we will be sending you them in three separate emails.

 

Please note under section 8(1) of the FOI Act you are required to provide
your name. Although we have responded to your FOI request on this occasion
please ensure you state your full name (or at least your first initial
along with your surname) with any future request.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Her Majesty's Passport Office.

 

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