How many people that caught monkeypox were unvaccinated

Dear Lewis Schwarz

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From: Lewis Schwarz <[FOI #863959 email]>
Sent: 23 May 2022 18:03
To: Information Rights <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - How many people that caught
monkeypox were unvaccinated
 
Dear UK Health Security Agency,

I am requesting that you answer this question in full capacity, with the
knowledge available to you. Please be mindful to not omit information as
this is a violation of the FOI act.

In the UK, how many people that caught monkeypox were unvaccinated at the
time of transmission?

Yours faithfully,

Lewis Schwarz

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Dear Lewis Shwarz,

Further to your request for information, we would be grateful for you to
clarify the following: 

In the UK, how many people that caught monkeypox were unvaccinated at the
time of transmission?

What vaccination are you referring to? Mokeypox vaccine, Covid-19 vaccine
or other?

We must advise you under Section 1(3) of the Freedom of Information Act
2000 we are under no obligation to comply with your request, until such
time as we receive clarification from you.

Yours sincerely,
Information Rights Team
UK Health Security Agency
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From: Information Rights <[email address]>
Sent: 24 May 2022 10:48
To: Lewis Schwarz <[FOI #863959 email]>
Cc: Information Rights <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FOI case ref 246
 
Dear Lewis Schwarz

Your request will be handled by the Information Rights Team at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
We acknowledge receipt of your email and request for information,
which will be treated as a request for information under statutory access
legislation. UKHSA has taken responsibility for statutory access requests
addressed to Public Health England and NHS Test and Trace Services.  

Please note that requests under the Freedom of Information Act
and the Environmental Information Regulations (EIRs) will receive a
response within 20 working days from the day following the date of receipt
of your request. 

If the request is for your personal data, your request will be handled as
a data subject access request (SAR) under Article 15 of the General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR), then we will respond within one month
of the receipt of the request.  

The UK Health Security Agency is heavily involved in the government’s
response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will aim to address all requests
promptly and within the required response timeframes.  However, when we
are unable to meet the response timeframe we will keep requesters updated
on a revised expected timescale for a response
to their request. The Information Commissioner recognises this position in
its recent guidance, see
link: [3]https://ico.org.uk/media/2617613/ico-reg...

Yours sincerely,
Information Rights Team
UK Health Security Agency
[4][UKHSA request email] 
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From: Lewis Schwarz <[FOI #863959 email]>
Sent: 23 May 2022 18:03
To: Information Rights <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - How many people that caught
monkeypox were unvaccinated
 
Dear UK Health Security Agency,

I am requesting that you answer this question in full capacity, with the
knowledge available to you. Please be mindful to not omit information as
this is a violation of the FOI act.

In the UK, how many people that caught monkeypox were unvaccinated at the
time of transmission?

Yours faithfully,

Lewis Schwarz

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Dear Lewis Schwarz,
Please find attached UKHSA's response to your request.
Yours sincerely,
Information Rights Team
Parliamentary and Public Accountability Team
UK Health Security Agency
[1][UKHSA request email] 
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From: Lewis Schwarz <[FOI #863959 email]>
Sent: 14 July 2022 12:08
To: Information Rights <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FOI case ref 246
 
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attachments unless you recognise the sender.

Dear Information Rights,

To confirm, I am referring to ALL types of COVID-19 Vaccinations,
including boosters. A clear graph of statistics, showing everything
clearly will suffice.

To make things easier, I'll ask the question again with the correct
information.

In the UK, how many people that caught monkeypox, were unvaccinated from
the COVID-19 vaccination?

Please also include, in a separate graph, how many people who transmitted
monkeypox, who were unvaccinated from additional COVID-19 Vaccinations
(other doses and boosters)

Yours sincerely,

Lewis Schwarz

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Dear Lewis Schwarz,

We acknowledge receipt of your email, which will be treated as a request
for an internal review, following your request for information under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please note we aim to complete your internal review within 20 working days
from the day following the date of receipt of your request. We will notify
you if we anticipate the internal review taking longer than 20 working
days.    

Yours sincerely,
Information Rights Team
Parliamentary and Public Accountability Team
UK Health Security Agency
[1][UKHSA request email] 
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From: Lewis Schwarz <[FOI #863959 email]>
Sent: 21 August 2022 13:51
To: Information Rights <[email address]>
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - How many
people that caught monkeypox were unvaccinated
 
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attachments unless you recognise the sender.

Dear UK Health Security Agency,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of UK Health Security Agency's
handling of my FOI request 'How many people that caught monkeypox were
unvaccinated'.

I have been told by a previous authority that this department ( UK Health
Security Agency ) DOES hold the relevant information; which was confirmed,
when the UK Health Security Agency asked me to be more specific with my
question. Since then, I have done this. The reply I have received, is that
now they do not hold the information (which we all know is untrue)

By law, we are entitled to this information, so please provide.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
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Yours faithfully,

Lewis Schwarz

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Dear Lewis Schwarz,

Please find attached the UK Health Security Agency's response to your
request for Internal Review. 

Yours sincerely,

[1]UKHSA logo Information Rights Team

UK Health Security Agency

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