Iain Duncan Smith Diary

The request was refused by Department for Work and Pensions.

Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

I would like to make an FOI request to view the Ministerial Diary of Iain Duncan Smith for the month of August 2014, and in particular to see listed all events whether public or private where he made a speech or contributed to debate. So, for example, on the 11th of August the department published a speech that stated it was to be delivered in London by Iain Duncan Smith. For this event and similar I would like to know where Iain Duncan Smith was, and what organisation or event he was attending.

Yours faithfully,

Paul Lythgoe

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Dear Mr Lythgoe
 
Please find attached DWP’s response to your Freedom of Information request
of 12 Aug 2014.
 
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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Work and Pensions's handling of my FOI request 'Iain Duncan Smith Diary'.

Your office refused my request on the grounds that you maintained a quarterly publication of ministerial speeches and that it was in the public interest to maintain this publication schedule. My contention is that it is not in the public interest to release a speech to be made by the minister and then withhold for 3 months any information regarding that speech, where it was made and to whom. Given the publicity and the publication in virtually all UK media on the 11th of August for a speech to be made on the 12th of August by the Minister it must be in the public interest for information as to where that speech was made and to whom to be published in the same timely way as the contents of the speech.
My request for information on his private and public diary appointments was to ascertain where this speech was made. I am happy that you limit your response to the Diary events of the 12th August where this specific speech was supposed to be made. In doing so one would hope to avoid invading the ministers of the crown privelege of privacy. If the speech was made in private and not at a public event it would be sufficient for you to confirm this.

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

Yours faithfully,

Paul Lythgoe

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Mr Lythgoe,
 
Please see the attached response to your recent request
 
 
 
 

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