Home Office tweet on 21 August 2021
Dear Home Office,
At 11:17 PM on 21 August 2021 the Home Office published a thread on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ukhomeoffice/status/...
The first tweet reads:
"This article is littered with inaccuracies and claims which are untrue. The Home Office works night and day to ensure the welfare and needs of children in our care are met."
Please can you publish all internal correspondence related to the creation of this thread?
Yours faithfully,
I Abraham
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Dear Public Enquiries (CD),
Thank you. I wanted to flag that you have responded to the wrong FoI. You've responded to the thread for case ref 65711.
The correct thread for 65532 can be found here - https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/m...
I will be requesting an internal review on this thread. I still expect a response to case ref 65711 by 21/09.
Yours sincerely,
Isaac Abraham
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Dear Home Office,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Home Office's handling of my FOI request 'Home Office tweet on 21 August 2021'.
In my request I requested disclosure of all internal correspondence related to the creation of a particular Twitter thread. Only some of the correspondence has been disclosed. The limited disclosure provided makes clear that there is additional correspondence regarding the creation of this Twitter thread that has not been disclosed.
I note that the Home Office have relied on the exemption under section 40(2). I am not requesting any personal information. The information I have requested disclosure of should not require disclousre of personal information. Such information can be redacted as you have done with the three emails already disclosed.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/h...
Yours faithfully,
Isaac Abraham
Thank you for contacting the Home Office Freedom of Information Requests
Mailbox.
This is to acknowledge receipt of your email.
Isaac Abraham,
Thank you for contacting the Home Office with your request for an Internal Review of FoI case ref 65711.
This has been assigned to a caseworker who will aim to send you a full response by 21/10/2021 which is twenty working days from the date we received your request.
If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us.
Thank you,
P. Zebedee
FOI Requests
Home Office
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