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Room 401
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E Olssom
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
FOI Reference: FOI2020/21401
6 January 2021
Dear E Olssom
We refer to your request where you asked:
“In 2007, Edward Posey was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for
'services to the Gaia Foundation'. Access to documents, in ful or redacted, detailing
such 'services' is requested on the grounds of FOI.”
Your request has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and I am
writing to advise you that it has not been possible to complete work on your request.
Since 17 March 2020 staff have been advised against accessing our offices, and have
also been unable to retrieve records held at off-site storage facilities in order to carry out
a detailed search of paper records for the information in scope of your request. A
search of our electronic records has established that the information on Edward Posey
held on our current database, introduced in 2017, is limited to a reference to the
candidate being successful in 2007. There is no record of the candidate held on the
previous database.
We wil of course resume work on your request once government travel and building
restrictions are removed.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request or wish
to request an internal review, you should write to:
Rachel Anderson
Head of Freedom of Information and Clearing House
Cabinet Office
70 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2AS
email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
You should note that the Cabinet Office wil not normal y accept an application for
internal review if it is received more than two months after the date that the reply was
issued.
If you are not content with the outcome of your internal review, you may apply directly to
the Information Commissioner for a decision. General y, the Commissioner cannot
make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the
Cabinet Office. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
The Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely
FOI Team
Cabinet Office
