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Francis Irving

Joined WhatDoTheyKnow in 2007

I coded WhatDoTheyKnow originally while working for mySociety, and help out a bit as a volunteer. In my personal capacity, I've made FOI requests about climate change, Liverpool and Government transparency.

I also sometimes make FOI requests on behalf of others.

You can follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/frabcus

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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 38)

CETV of pensions of named individuals
Response by Cabinet Office to Francis Irving on 17 December 2015.

Information not held

Please find attached the reply to your recent FOI request       Regards     FOI Team Room 405 70 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2AS E-ma...
Drafting history of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill
Response by Home Office to Francis Irving on 11 August 2014.

Refused

OFFICIAL Dear Mr Irving   Thank you for your email. Please see the attached correspondence.   Yours Sincerely     FOI Team   C...
Drafting history of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill
Response by Cabinet Office to Francis Irving on 28 July 2014.

Refused

    Please find attached the reply to your recent FOI request       Regards     FOI Team 1 Horse Guards Road London SW1A 2HQ...
FOI services bought from Public Partners
Request to Home Office by Francis Irving. Annotated by [Name Removed] (Account suspended) on 30 June 2013.

Successful

I'm particularly interested in this company and its relationship to government. Did you get further with this information?
Corporate structure
Response by Open Data Institute to Francis Irving on 11 July 2012.

Successful

[FOI #117851 email] Dear Francis Information Request Further to your request for information, which we have now had time to consider, please fi...
SPF test request
Response by Test Quango to Francis Irving on 24 June 2011.

Successful

Dear Francis, Return-path: [FOI #10375 email] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7-deb (2006-10-05) on master.pcc.me.uk X-Spam-Lev...
Liverpool Big Society vanguard
Response by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to Francis Irving on 30 December 2010.

Partially successful

Dear Mr Irving, I have been asked to re-send to you the email below, which comprises the response to your request about Liverpool Big Society vangua...
Oscar project replacing COINS
Request to HM Treasury by Francis Irving. Annotated by Christopher on 28 December 2010.

Partially successful

Have there been any updates since?
Area Information System
Response by Liverpool John Moores University to Francis Irving on 8 October 2010.

Information not held

Dear Mr Irving Please find attached the following documents in response to your request for information below: 1. LJMU disclosure letter 2. LJMU App...
Liverpool City Council Finance peer review
Request to Improvement and Development Agency for local government by Francis Irving. Annotated by Francis Irving on 9 September 2010.

Refused

No particular reason - I just knew that IDeA wrote the document, so thought it made most sense to ask them.
List of accounts in the Government Banking Service
Response by HM Revenue and Customs to Francis Irving on 29 July 2010.

Refused

Dear Mr Irving, I attach a note, clarifying our use of the s44 exemption. Yours sincerely Teresa Chance Teresa Chance Central Policy - Freedom of I...
Amounts paid per supplier
Clarification sent to Department of Energy and Climate Change by Francis Irving on 13 July 2010.

Long overdue

Dear FOI Requests, Thanks for your email saying that you need more time to consider the public interest. I note that DEFRA have released full infor...
Online petitions documents from PICT
Response by House of Commons to Francis Irving on 12 July 2010.

Successful

Dear Mr Irving You asked for the following information: "...electronic copies of any documents produced by PICT discussing or evaluating the pos...
Descriptions of "P" and "S" series charges in Aspire contract
Request to HM Revenue and Customs by Francis Irving. Annotated by Francis Irving on 17 June 2010.

Partially successful

I'm interested in the charges relating to the actual business applications, which maintain our tax records. These seem to be: Service related (ongoin...
One entry from the fact table of COINS
Follow up sent to HM Treasury by Francis Irving on 7 June 2010.

Successful

Thanks Paul, Yes, the COINS database release fully satisfies my request. Much appreciated! Francis
Contracts for Aspire deal with Capgemini
Follow up sent to HM Revenue and Customs by Francis Irving on 27 April 2010.

Refused

Thanks Eileen. What I really wanted was actual contractual documents, but thank you for attaching the overview and the two reports. They'll be very use...
Bullying complaints and resolution
Response by Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service to Francis Irving on 16 February 2010.

Successful

Dear Ms Irving Apologies for the delay, please find attached a letter and spreadsheet in response to your request for information. Kind regard...
City Car Club spaces
Response by Liverpool City Council to Francis Irving on 1 February 2010.

Successful

Please find attached response Regards, Kevin Symm Senior Information Officer Legal Services Liverpool City Council Municipal Buildings...
Environmental standards of new sixth form building
Response by Hampton College to Francis Irving on 1 February 2010.

Partially successful

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – FOI-10-0030 Dear Sir, Your request for information has now been considered and the information requested is given...
Environmental standards of main Hampton College building
Response by Cambridgeshire County Council to Francis Irving on 19 January 2010.

Information not held

Dear Francis, Thank you for your Freedom of Information Request received at Cambridgeshire County Council on 18 January. The Local Authority for Hampt...
Staff turmover at Dorchester Primary School
Response by Dorchester Primary School, Sutton to Francis Irving on 17 December 2009.

Successful

Dear Mr. Irvin. The information as requested is below: Number of staff employed 51: 22 Full time; 27 part time; 2 casual Turnover: 2006/2007 2 FT t...
Libel and the BDO report for HEFCE on LMU
Request to Higher Education Funding Council for England by Francis Irving. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 23 November 2009.

Successful

WhatDoTheyKnow has removed the substantive response from this correspondence thread as we were alerted to the fact it contained material some consider...
Details of grant awarded to VI Group (now Vero Software) for development of modelling technologies
Request to South West of England Regional Development Agency by Francis Irving. Annotated by John Cross on 25 October 2009.

Partially successful

response included in references for: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vero_Software #wikipedia
Protected PDF writing software
Request to University of Southampton by Francis Irving. Annotated by Francis Irving on 9 October 2009.

Successful

Someone wrote to me to say the following: "Adobe Acrobat is not covered by the full CHEST agreement so is not site licensed for every machine. A sepa...
Copy of accounts as available for inspection under the Audit Commission Act
Request to Cambridge City Council by Francis Irving. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 10 August 2009.

Partially successful

I went to view the accounts and have written an article on my experience: http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/looking-at-some-of-the-detail-in-cambridge-city-co...
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Cost of translation services
Request to Liverpool City Council by Martin Jones. Annotated by Francis Irving on 1 January 2016.

Refused

You hardly needed this test, Martin! There are plenty of requests from all sorts of names on this site where Liverpool didn't ask for proof of identity...
Due diligence prior to LDL takeover
Request to Liverpool City Council by Jenny Griffin. Annotated by Francis Irving on 31 December 2015.

Refused

Speaking entirely from an FOI point of view, it is always wrong for a council to question the identity of a requester. Anyone can make an FOI request,...
Payments to KPMG related to Due Diligence report
Request to Liverpool City Council by Paul Wiggina. Annotated by Francis Irving on 31 December 2015.

Refused

Paul - to change typo in your name in the site, definitely worth trying the "Contact" button in the footer. WhatDoTheyKnow has a great team of voluntee...
Cost of translation services
Request to Liverpool City Council by Martin Jones. Annotated by Francis Irving on 30 December 2015.

Refused

Martin - can you post a link to the request where identity was questioned? Thanks!
Usage of London Underground & DLR stations
Request to Transport for London by Stephen Gillett. Annotated by Francis Irving on 29 April 2014.

Successful

Blog post with visualizations of the underground based on this data: https://blog.scraperwiki.com/2014/04/visualising-the-london-underground-with-tab...
List of empty properties in Liverpool
Request to Liverpool City Council by Grant. Annotated by Francis Irving on 20 April 2014.

Partially successful

There's a more recent (late 2013) copy here: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/empty_properties_list_8
Money spent in 2010-11 FY on Digital Economy Act and estimates for spending in 2011-12 FY
Request to Office of Communications by James Firth. Annotated by Francis Irving on 18 June 2011.

Successful

Blog post by Slightly Right of Centre who made this request http://www.slightlyrightofcentre.com/2011/06/ofcom-to-spend-estimated-59m-as-real.html...
ICO Website Favicon cost…
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by Mark Bowen. Annotated by Francis Irving on 4 February 2011.

Successful

A thread on Hacker News with some debate about whether the favicon was expensive or not: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2175321
Liverpool Direct BT contracts
Request to Liverpool City Council by Julian Todd. Annotated by Francis Irving on 13 January 2011.

Successful

Julian received a paper copy of the unredacted contract from the council in person, and has scanned it in as PDFs. He's given me these, and I've uplo...
Liverpool Direct BT contracts
Request to Liverpool City Council by Julian Todd. Annotated by Francis Irving on 13 January 2011.

Successful

The ICO decision notice ruling that the council must release the unredacted contract is FS50273227. You can read it here: http://www.ico.gov.uk/~/med...
One million Barclays Cycle Hire journeys data
Request to Transport for London by Adrian Short. Annotated by Francis Irving on 8 January 2011.

Refused

I'm confused - that BarclaysCycleHireUsageStats.zip that Alex links to doesn't require registration to download. Aren't they therefore providing the...
UoL VC appointment report
Request to University of Liverpool by Julian Todd. Annotated by Francis Irving on 30 November 2010.

Successful

A blog post from the requester, about Vice-Chancellors and tuition fees, using this request: http://www.freesteel.co.uk/wpblog/2010/11/fees-for-vcs/...
Electoral Commission Partnership Grants
Request to Electoral Commission by Julian Todd. Annotated by Francis Irving on 13 October 2010.

Successful

Blog post referring to these figures: http://www.freesteel.co.uk/wpblog/2010/10/ushahidi-and-election-monitoring/
previous FOI requests received
Request to Ministry of Defence by Brian Farnet. Annotated by Francis Irving on 4 October 2010.

Partially successful

The original response to this request was not redacted fully, and has been removed for privacy reasons. The new files were resent by the MOD, redacted...
Qualifying oil fields datasets
Request to Department of Energy and Climate Change by Julian Todd. Annotated by Francis Irving on 23 September 2010.

Partially successful

For some context, a paper from 2005 by Andrew Carr (including a photo of him) on maximising economic recovery in and around existing North Sea fields....
List of Officers with 'A' Delegated Powers
Request to Nottingham City Council by Andy Platt. Annotated by Francis Irving on 20 September 2010.

Refused

Another blog post about this: http://ncclols.blogspot.com/2010/09/chocolate-teapots-pastry-crash-helmets.html
Money Spent on Lift Maintenance
Request to Nottingham City Council by Andy Platt. Annotated by Francis Irving on 20 September 2010.

Partially successful

Back story by requester: http://ncclols.blogspot.com/2010/05/lift-issues.html Blog post following response: http://ncclols.blogspot.com/2010/09/we-...
KPMG Report into the NHS Direct/HHS Choices web sites
Request to Department of Health and Social Care by Tom Watson. Annotated by Francis Irving on 20 September 2010.

Refused

Two Lib Dem blog posts about this request: http://www.libdemvoice.org/why-commission-a-report-if-youre-determined-to-ignore-its-conclusions-20945.htm...
Status Of Land In Gerrards Cross
Request to South Bucks District Council by Steve F. Annotated by Francis Irving on 20 September 2010.

Successful

Blog post about Gerrards Cross land being sold in Singapore and Malaysia, referring to this request as important information for purchasers. http://t...
Details of Discretionary Housing Payments "008/10
Request to Nottingham City Council by Andy Platt. Annotated by Francis Irving on 20 September 2010.

Successful

Analysis of this by requester: http://ncclols.blogspot.com/2010/08/and-discretionary-housing-payments-and.html
BBC, ITV and Channel 4 stance on Freeview HD DRM
Request to Office of Communications by Ray Corrigan. Annotated by Francis Irving on 20 September 2010.

Refused

Blog post by requester: http://b2fxxx.blogspot.com/2010/08/freedom-of-information-request-to-ofcom.html
Tony Blair's response to Sir Callum McCarthy's 31/05/2005 letter
Request to Prime Minister's Office by Mr Jones. Annotated by Francis Irving on 20 September 2010.

Successful

Blog post criticising the time it took for this request to get a response: http://dizzythinks.net/2010/08/19-month-foi.html
Legal department structure
Request to Office of Communications by Sarah Fuller. Annotated by Francis Irving on 20 September 2010.

Successful

Blog post commenting on the response to this request: http://www.ofcomwatch.co.uk/2010/08/ofcoms-legal-team-2-people/
Payments to Harold Tinworth and/or his Company
Request to Nottingham City Council by Andy Platt. Annotated by Francis Irving on 20 September 2010.

Partially successful

Blog post referring to this request: http://ncclols.blogspot.com/2010/08/shocking-news.html
Junction of Forest Road E17 and Winsbeach E17; banned left turn.
Request to Waltham Forest Borough Council by A Lovell. Annotated by Francis Irving on 20 September 2010.

Successful

Tax Payers' Alliance blog post about this: http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/bettergovernment/2010/09/one-junction-one-camera-182340.html
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