ID "beacon areas"

Dr. Geraint Bevan made this Freedom of Information request to Home Office This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

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Dr. Geraint Bevan

Dear Sir or Madam,

Speaking in Manchester today, the Home Secretary is reported to have said that Manchester is in the running to be one of the "beacon areas" for early deployment of ID cards.

Please tell me:

1) which areas are being considered as "beacon areas";
2) what the criteria were for their selection for consideration; and
3) what the criteria are for final selection of "beacon areas".

Yours faithfully,

Dr. Geraint Bevan

Dr. Geraint Bevan

Dear Sir or Madam,

Can you pleae let me know when you will be able to respond to my request of 29th January for information regarding ID "beacon" areas.

Yours faithfully,

Dr. Geraint Bevan

HQ Enquiries,

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Dear Dr Bevan,

Thank you for your email of 30 January. Please find a response attached.
This response was sent to you previously on the 25 February, however I
have reason to believe that it was delivered to an address allocated to
another request made by yourself. I would like to apologise for this
error.

Yours faithfully,

On behalf of James Hall
Chief Executive & Registrar General

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Dr. Geraint Bevan

Dear HQ Enquiries,

thank you for replying regarding my request about ID beacon areas. Unfortunately, the attachment to your reply seems to have been lost in transit. Can you please resend it?

Thanks

Dr. Geraint Bevan

HQ Enquiries,

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Dear Dr Bevan,

Please see attached. Let me know if there are any other problems.

Regards.

On behalf of James Hall Chief Executive & Registrar General

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Dr. Geraint Bevan

Dear Sir or Madam,

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 'ID "beacon areas"'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/id...

The link to Hansard given in response contains some discussion about piloting of the ID scheme in Manchester, but it does not answer the questions that I asked.

Specifically, the response does not tell me which other areas are being considered, what the criteria are for consideration, or what the criteria are for final selection.

Yours faithfully,

Dr. Geraint Bevan

Bragaglia John, Home Office

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Dear Dr Bevan,

Please find attached correspondence in relation to your recently
requested internal review.

Yours sincerely,

John Bragaglia
Information Access Consultant

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Bragaglia John, Home Office

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Dear Dr Bevan,

 

Please find attached correspondence in relation to your ongoing internal
review.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

John Bragaglia

Information Access Consultant

 

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Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
recorded for legal purposes.

Bragaglia John, Home Office

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Dear Dr Bevan,

 

Please find attached correspondence relating to your ongoing internal
review.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

John Bragaglia

Information Access Consultant

 

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Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
recorded for legal purposes.

Bragaglia John, Home Office

1 Attachment

Dear Dr Bevan,

 

Please find attached correspondence in relation to your ongoing internal
review.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

John Bragaglia

Information Access Consultant

 

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Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
recorded for legal purposes.

Bragaglia John, Home Office

1 Attachment

Dear Dr Bevan,

 

Please find attached response to your internal review.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

John Bragaglia

Information Access Consultant

 

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Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
recorded for legal purposes.

Dr. Geraint Bevan

Dear Mr. Bragaglia,

Thank you very much for your detailed and considered review of my request for information about ID "beacon areas" and the additional information you have provided about the information held by the department.

I am very satisfied with the outcome of the review and grateful for the time that you have devoted to it.

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Geraint Bevan