Alex Skene
Joined WhatDoTheyKnow in 2008
I am a volunteer for mySociety, and I help to maintain WhatDoTheyKnow.
I also make FOI requests in my personal capacity, or on behalf of others.
With the help of some other WDTK volunteers, I also run http://foiwiki.com which is a repository of useful information on Freedom of Information laws in the UK.
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This person's 64 Freedom of Information requests
Advice on pseudonyms
Successful.
Thank you Margaret, for you honest and plain speaking reply, in a tone which is helpful and friendly to the requestor (many of those I have been readin...
Green Book - publication scheme request
Successful.
It's only taken me 8 years or so, but I've finally scanned for posterity the 2001 & 2002 Green Books just on the off-chance anyone's interested (PDF)...
Cycle Hire Contract - redacted information
Successful.
Dear Alex, well done - terrific effort on this.
Did TfL ever publish the Schedule 28 content (beyond the Module titles)? If so, please can you dire...
Unclaimed premium bond prizes - dataset
Follow up sent to National Savings and Investments by Alex Skene on .
Successful.
Dear Miss Bhatt
Re: FOI874
Many thanks for your very helpful response!
Kind regards,
Alex Skene
Dear Mr Skene
Please see attached the reply to your request.
Regards
FOI Team
Knowledge and Information Management (CSG)
Room 3.3...
BBC R4 "UK Confidential" programme
Follow up sent to National Archives by Alex Skene on .
Information not held.
FOI request F0033259
Many thanks for your reply - I have written to the Cabinet Office as suggested.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bbc_r4...
Treasure Valuation Committee meeting minutes
Response by Treasure Valuation Committee to Alex Skene on .
Refused.
Dear Mr Skene,
Thank you for your email.
It was also recommended by the DCMS in their triennial Review of the Treasure Valuation Committee that such...
"it is the intention of the Committee to publish in Summer 2012 the minutes of their meetings on the website of the Portable Antiquities Scheme at http...
Hospitality Registers - 2012
Partially successful.
The web link in the document to the Hospitality Registers is:
http://www.london2012.com/about-us/the-people-delivering-the-games/oda/oda-finance/
OSC Procedures and Guidance document
Refused.
I have since found a copy of the document on the internet, on Gedling Borough Council's website:
http://committee-web.gedling.gov.uk/aksgedling/image...
Dear Mr Skene
Thank you for your email received by Transport for London (TfL) on 4 May
2011, asking for information relating to the publication of...
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
FOI REQUEST FOI10/139
Dear Mr Skene,
I am writing regarding your request for information received on 10
February 2...
FS50277632 / cellar stock list
Response by Government Hospitality Advisory Committee for the Purchase of Wine to Alex Skene on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Skene,
I can now confirm the information has been published on our website.
Yours sincerely,
Emma Walpole
Case Manager
Information Rights T...
London Cycle Hire Scheme contract
Partially successful.
I've made a follow-up FOI request here:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/cycle_hire_contract_redacted_inf
FOI ref no: 358465
Many thanks for the data.
Kind regards,
Alex Skene
Many thanks for the helpful update and fixed links.
Kind regards,
Alex
I am away from the office until Friday 22nd October. If your matter is urgent please forward it to [email address]
Link: [1]File-List
11 October 2010
Case Reference Number IRQ0326678
Dear Mr Skene
I write further to my email dated 23 September 2010, in...
Legislation.gov.uk website
Successful.
Here's a blog post summarising the development of legislation.gov.uk which provides further information:
http://www.jenitennison.com/blog/node/144...
Request for Internal Review of I&PS FOI response on Passport Photos
Partially successful.
A decision notice has been issued: <http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/decisionnotices/2010/fs_50273609.pdf>
"The Commissioner’s decision is that...
Passport photos - Post Office template & rejected photos
Partially successful.
The internal review of this request continues at <http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/request_for_internal_review_of_i>.
Dear Mr Skene
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REF No: 343394
Thank you for your information request, received on 15 July.
You requested the...
Information Rights Tribunal - withdrawn cases
Follow up sent to The Tribunals Service by Alex Skene on .
Successful.
FOI/64701/10
Many thanks for your very helpful response!
Kind regards,
Alex Skene
Integrated Safety Guards for HGVs
Follow up sent to Department for Transport by Alex Skene on .
Successful.
Dear Pat
Thank you very much for the reports you sent - they're very helpful.
Yours sincerely,
Alex Skene
Non-Domestic Energy Performance Certificate Register
Request to Department for Communities and Local Government by Alex Skene. Annotated by Dan DeLion on .
Refused.
To add to the point made by Francis Irving, Martin Rosenbaum was given the information free of charge. However, some in the DCLG were not so keen on th...
This person's 540 annotations
Green Book - publication scheme request
Successful.
It's only taken me 8 years or so, but I've finally scanned for posterity the 2001 & 2002 Green Books just on the off-chance anyone's interested (PDF)...
I'd suggest contacting NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) - the replacement body for the PCT.
https://www.whatdot...
PHSO Annual Complaints report
Successful.
I think the correct link should have been:
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/public-administration-select-co...
Northwich subsidence
Request to Department for Communities and Local Government by Tui Benjamin. Annotated by Alex Skene on .
Information not held.
The address provided was:
mail [at] homesandcommunities.co.uk
You can make a FOI request to the HCA here:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/home...
Child Sex Trafficking
Successful.
There's currently a problem accessing the document, so I've reproduced the text of the reply from the Home Office below.
Regards
Alex - WhatDoTheyKn...
Problems with the ipcc
Partially successful.
A number of annotations have been removed from this thread as they did not meet our moderation policy
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/requesting#mo...
Regulated Flows
Successful.
In case anyone's having trouble downloading the zip file, I've mirrored the PDF files it contained here:
http://files.whatdotheyknow.com/request/regu...
Premium appointments
Successful.
A number of annotations offering people appointments in exchange for money have been removed.
Advertising is not allowed on WhatDoTheyKnow.
Regards...
New appointments opening time
Awaiting internal review.
A number of annotations offering people appointments in exchange for money have been removed.
Advertising is not allowed on WhatDoTheyKnow.
Regards...
Fabrication of Medical Records
Request to General Medical Council by Name removed 30 November 2012 (Account suspended). Annotated by Alex Skene on .
Partially successful.
A number of annotations have been removed from this thread in line with our moderation policy.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/requesting#moderatio...
Authorisation to use road and any restrictions that may be in place on the road
Awaiting internal review.
The email address provided was robin.basu [at] networkrail.co.uk
Regards
Alex - WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer
Breakdown of set-up costs for the Cycle Hire Scheme
Partially successful.
I managed to get some of this info out of TfL:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/cycle_hire_contract_redacted_inf
Contract pricing breakdown is...
Panorama and the IPCC covering up for the police.
Awaiting classification.
A number of annotations have been removed from this thread as they did not meet our moderation policy
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/requesting#mo...
Perjury and Fraud
Partially successful.
Some potentially defamatory information about named indivuals has been removed from this thread, some comments removed in line with our moderation poli...
The email address provided was:
corinne.preston [at] staffordshire.pnn.police.uk
Regards
Alex - WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer
Diabetes 2 statistics
Request to Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) by Ronald MacMillan Richards. Annotated by Alex Skene on .
Information not held.
I was able to download the attachment - text pasted below.
Regards,
Alex - WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer
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Saturday 06 October 2...
PCSO Recruitment
Partially successful.
The email address provided was:
recruiting.pcso [at] hampshire.pnn.police.uk
Regards
Alex - WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer
IT Enquiry
Successful.
The address provided is Nicholaslloyd [at] sthelens.gov.uk
Regards
Alex - WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer
Regarding the Child Protective Services of Bridgend
Request to Bridgend County Borough Council by David Paul Jenkins (Account suspended). Annotated by Alex Skene on .
Refused.
It would definitely not be OK for public authorities to send such messages through this website, and we would take the same action as above.
There ar...
Regarding the Child Protective Services of Bridgend
Request to Bridgend County Borough Council by David Paul Jenkins (Account suspended). Annotated by Alex Skene on .
Refused.
A personal attack against the FOI Officer has been removed from this request. Any kind of personal attack is not tolerated by WhatDoTheyKnow, and is t...
Security Advice Given to Michael Gove
Successful.
Many apologies, that's WhatDoTheyKnow's PDF-to-HTML converter turning it upside down...
The original PDF as sent by the DfE is the correct way round....
Given the length of time that has elapsed since the original request was made in 2008, the ensuing discussion has now run its course.
Any further ann...
Corporate structure
Successful.
Looks like they've recently incorporated:
http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/08030289
(using an off-the-shelf company)
Their business...
Revenue From All Sources
Partially successful.
The reference numbers they gave are actually WhatDoTheyKnow email addresses. We hide these from public view to prevent spam, and to ensure that only p...
Revenue From All Sources
Partially successful.
The request referred to (by reference to an email address provided by NYP) is:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/private_paid_work
Regards
Alex...