Met Office Advice on FOI_08-23

The request was partially successful.

Dear University of East Anglia,

On 22 November 2012 a file 2926.txt was released on the the Internet, to which I assume you have access, although I note it was not one you chose to explain in your "Cherry-picked phrases explained" web page. For your convenience I reproduce below the first part of it:

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cc: "Mcgarvie Michael Mr \(ACAD\)" <REDACTED>
date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:02:37 +0100
from: "Palmer Dave Mr \(LIB\)" <REDACTED>
subject: FW: Freedom of Information request (FOI_08-23) - Appeal resolution
to: "Briffa Keith Prof \(ENV\)" <REDACTED>, "Osborn Timothy Dr \(ENV\)" <REDACTED>, "Jones Philip Prof \(ENV\)" <REDACTED>

Gents,

A copy of what was sent to Jonathan. Please note that the opinion from the Met Office quoted below is subject to lawyer-client privilege and should not be shared outside the group that has now seen it.

Cheers, Dave
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[1] Please send me a copy of the attached "opinion from the Met Office"
[2] Please send me a copy of the email to "Jonathan" to which the opinion was attached and any email or emails from "Jonathan" which resulted in the supply of the "opinion".

Please take into account that the Commissioner has ruled that FOI_08-23 is a matter that should have been determined under the EIRs and that correspondence relating to EIR requests is also subject to the EIRs

Please also note that "lawyer-client privilege" is just that and does not extend to opinions shared with others.

Yours faithfully,

David Holland

David Holland left an annotation ()

My apologies - the email referred to was released in 2011 not 2012.

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Dear Mr Holland,

Please find attached a letter acknowledging your request received 08 February 2012. The letter also contains further information regarding the handling of this request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

We will be in contact with you further in due course.

Yours sincerely,
Jane Baker

(On behalf of Dave Palmer)

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Mr. Holland,

 

Attached please find a response to your request received by us on 8
February 2012. Please note that there is one (1) .zip file attached to
this email which comprises part of our response.

If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Yours sincerely, Dave Palmer

 

 

 

 

____________________________

David Palmer

Information Policy & Compliance Manager

University of East Anglia

Norwich Research Park

Norwich, England

NR4 7TJ

 

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Dear University of East Anglia,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of University of East Anglia's handling of my FOI request 'Met Office Advice on FOI_08-23'.

Dear Mr Palmer,

Thank you for information that you have released.

I am, however, asking that you carefully review the redactions of names. You have not redacted yours or mine in what you have released and I see no reason for redacting the others. They are all paid at the public expense in senior positions and the matter relates to their professional work. No sensitive information about them is divulged by their names being disclosed

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

Yours sincerely

David Holland

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Mr. Holland

 

Please find attached a response from Tom Ward, Pro-Vice Chancellor,
Academic, to your request of 27 February 2012 seeking an internal review
of my response of the same date in this matter. Should you have any
questions don't hesitate to contact me.

 

Your sincerely, Dave Palmer

 

____________________________

David Palmer

Information Policy & Compliance Manager

University of East Anglia

Norwich Research Park

Norwich, England

NR4 7TJ

 

Information Services

Tel: +44 (0)1603 593523

Fax: +44 (0)1603 591010