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21 December 2012

Case Reference Number IRQ0478398

Dear Mr Ormerod

Request for Information
 
Thank you for your correspondence dated 20 December 2012 about ICO
jackets.
 
Your request is being dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 or Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).
We will respond promptly, and no later than 23 January 2013 which is 20
working days from the day after we received your request.
 
Should you wish to reply to this email, please be careful not to amend the
information in the ‘subject’ field. This will ensure that the information
is added directly to your case. However, please be aware that this is an
automated process; the information will not be read by a member of our
staff until your case is allocated to a request handler.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Steven Dickinson                 Lead Information Governance Officer
 
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF.
 

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4th January 2013

Case Reference Number IRQ0478398

Dear Mr Ormerod 

Further to our acknowledgement of 21 December 2012 we are now in a
position to provide you with a response to your request for information of
the 20 December 2012.
 
As you know we have dealt with your request in accordance with your ‘right
to know’ under section 1(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA),
which entitles you to be provided with a copy of any information ‘held’ by
a public authority, unless an appropriate exemption applies.
 
Request
 
You requested:
 
I couldn't help noticing that, during the 'raid', a couple
of the ICO staff were sporting 'FBI style' bomber jackets with
"ICO" emblazoned across the back. So, here we go...

1. How many of those jackets have you so far purchased?
2. Who is the manufacturer of the jackets?
3. How much does each jacket cost the ICO?
4. Will they be made available to the public for purchase?
5. I'd be grateful for all internal correspondence regarding the
jackets, from their initial proposal onwards.
 
Information Held
 
I can confirm that we hold some recorded information which falls within
the scope of your request and will provided this in response to each of
the points above.
 
1.  Six jackets have been purchased.
2.  The make of the jackets is Stormetc and the jackets were
purchased   from Brookes of Macclesfield.
3.  We do not hold any recorded information concerning the cost of each
jacket.
4.  No recorded information but we can confirm that there are no plans to
make these jackets available for the public to purchase.
5.  Below are two extracts from our Investigations Team meeting minutes
which make reference to the purchase of the jackets.  No other recorded
information is held.  For clarity SW refers to search warrants.

 
Notes of meeting
Investigators team meeting 14 February 2011
Jacket identified for SW’s. Navy with ICO logo. DER to get quote from Paul
W.
 
Notes of meeting
Investigators Meeting
21 February 2011
SW jackets ordered.
 
I hope this information is of help and assistance.  If however you are
dissatisfied with the response you have received and wish to request a
review of our decision or make a complaint about how your request has been
handled you should write to the Information Governance Department at the
address below or e-mail [1][email address]
 
Your request for internal review should be submitted to us within 40
working days of receipt by you of this response.  Any such request
received after this time will only be considered at the discretion of the
Commissioner.
 
If having exhausted the review process you are not content that your
request or review has been dealt with correctly, you have a further right
of appeal to this office in our capacity as the statutory complaint
handler under the legislation.  To make such an application, please write
to the First Contact Team, at the address below or visit the ‘Complaints’
section of our website to make a Freedom of Information Act or
Environmental Information Regulations complaint online.
 
A copy of our review procedure is attached.
 
Yours sincerely

Charlotte Powell     Information Governance Manager
 
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF.
01625 545760 F. 01625 524510 [2]www.ico.gov.uk
 

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Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113 Fax: 01625 524 510 Web: www.ico.gov.uk

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