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John Cross

Joined WhatDoTheyKnow in 2008

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From the early days of the site through to December 2016, I acted as one of the volunteers who help run the WhatDoTheyKnow.com website. I rejoined the team in July 2022.

I am also a user of the website and I make requests/comments in a personal capacity just like other users.

I am interested in campaigning to improve the UK's Freedom of Information laws.

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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 166)

Undergraduate admission statistics
Response by University of Cambridge to John Cross on 5 May 2023.

Successful.

Further to your request for information, please find attached the University’s response. Regards, Information Compliance Office University of Cambrid...
Dispensations
Request to Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority by John Cross. Annotated by John Cross on 27 August 2022.

Partially successful.

One of the links I posted no longer works. The front page is here: https://web.archive.org/web/20141110215932/http://twitpic.com/alv8t1
List of Honours Committees
Request to Cabinet Office by John Cross. Annotated by dennis fallon on 10 May 2021.

Partially successful.

John,please see my recent WDTK request to Cabinet Office entitled Sir Dave Thompson Knighthood to explain the secrecy involved in the honours system.Re...
List of .ac.uk domain names
Request to The JNT Association by John Cross. Annotated by H. Smith on 7 September 2018.

Successful.

For some reason, the link to the actual data file "DNS Registered AC UK Domains.txt" seems to be missing. I was able to find the correct link via the...
List of private police forces
Request to Home Office by John Cross. Annotated by TJ Wright on 6 February 2018.

Successful.

TM Eye. Others as security companies.
Public inspection periods for local authority accounts
Request to Audit Commission by John Cross. Annotated by Abdul Hai on 9 July 2017.

Refused.

Here is more information on this. http://www.thepeoplesaudit.info/
Crowned Portcullis
Request to House of Commons Commission by John Cross. Annotated by Mr Williams on 5 May 2017.

Partially successful.

The original reasoning seems faulty on a crucial matter in points 3, 6 and 7: "(3) Section 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 defines “publicly...
correspondence with ICO
Request to St Chad's College, Durham by John Cross. Annotated by Foggy Masawan (Account suspended) on 3 April 2016.

Partially successful.

Decision notice at https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/decision-notices/2012/776946/fs_50451271.pdf
Test at 0924
Response by Test Quango to John Cross on 22 November 2014.

Refused.

This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. Thi...
Diplomatic Immunity List
Request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by John Cross. Annotated by John Cross on 28 March 2014.

Partially successful.

Extract from response: "However, I am unable to provide you with a full answer to your question of which organisations have immunity in the UK because...
Policies and minutes
Request to Duchy of Lancaster by John Cross. Annotated by Graham Senior-Milne on 25 November 2013.

Refused.

The Duchy is a private estate but it exercises certain powers of the Crown; the jura regalia. As a body which exercises certain powers of the Crown it...
Minutes of Port Authority Meetings
Response by Milford Haven Port Authority to John Cross on 20 June 2013.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Cross,   Further to our previous correspondence in respect to the above  and for  the sake of completeness I attach a final copy for your...
Deloitte Report
Response by City of Edinburgh Council to John Cross on 30 April 2013.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Cross Subject: Project Power report   The information you have requested is available at the following location: [1]http://www.edinburgh....
Dispensations
Follow up sent to British Broadcasting Corporation by John Cross on 20 December 2012.

Successful.

Thank you for conducting the internal review. I am now satisfied with the way the BBC dealt with my request. best wishes, John
ESA95 categories
Request to Office for National Statistics by John Cross. Annotated by John Cross on 3 November 2012.

Partially successful.

I did get a partial response sent to my personal email address... "In answer to your questions: (1) The Sector Classification Guide (previously kn...
Dispensations
Response by Cabinet Office to John Cross on 15 October 2012.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Cross   Please see attached the reply to your request.   Regards   FOI Team Knowledge and Information Management (CSG) Room 3.3...
Unredacted Letter
Response by HM Courts and Tribunals Service to John Cross on 25 September 2012.

Successful.

Dear Sir Please see the attached response to your FOI request. Paul Symonds HMCTS Chief Executive's Office Area 1.26, 1st Floor Petty France, SW1H 9...
black box
Follow up sent to Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority by John Cross on 9 September 2012.

Successful.

Thank you for your assistance with this request. regards, John Cross
Dispensations
Response by House of Commons to John Cross on 10 July 2012.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Cross,   You have requested the following information:   copies of any dispensations that have at any time been agreed between any dep...
Dispensations
Response by House of Lords to John Cross on 26 June 2012.

Successful.

Dear Mr. Cross, Thank you for your request to the House of Lords. I am attaching a copy of the dispensation we hold relevant to your request. Yo...
Temples Order of 1971
Follow up sent to Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple by John Cross on 25 June 2012.

Successful.

Dear Lesley Whitelaw, Thank you for your prompt assistance in this matter. Yours sincerely, John Cross
Copies of Procedures
Response by Privy Council Office to John Cross on 22 June 2012.

Successful.

Dear Mr Cross   Please see attached.   Yours sincerely   Ceri King   Ceri King Head of Secretariat & Senior Clerk Privy Council Off...
List of Assets
Response by Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple to John Cross on 18 June 2012.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr. Cross, I have carried out the review mentioned by Mr. Maddams in his e-mail to you dated 6 June. Please see attached. Kind regards, David Bart...
Vellum
Request to Privy Council Office by John Cross. Annotated by Paul Staples on 20 May 2012.

Partially successful.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/502342.stm
Publication Scheme
Response by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services to John Cross on 24 April 2012.

Successful.

Please see attached a response to your request Regards, Harriet Bradley Private Secretary HM Inspectorate of Constabulary 6th Floor, Globe House 89 E...
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This person's 416 annotations

Lobbying from Gender Critical Activists
Request to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council by Adam Brooks. Annotated by John Cross on 3 October 2023.

Awaiting response.

I removed one word from the title of the request to reduce the possibility of causing offence to users of the site.
Recruitment Spend 2022 and 2023
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by J Harvey. Annotated by John Cross on 24 June 2023.

Awaiting classification.

One message was removed from this thread by site administrators due to metadata being released in error.
Contract cheating
Request to University of Southampton by Wan Ulfa Nur Zuhra. Annotated by John Cross on 7 June 2023.

Awaiting classification.

WhatDoTheyKnow received an email from the FOI team at the University on 7 June 2023 relating to this request: "Thank you for your email, below. We do...
Personal budget
Request to Milton Keynes Council by Reena Prasad. Annotated by John Cross on 29 May 2023.

Partially successful.

See also: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/personal_budget_9#incoming-1704304
Personal budget
Request to Milton Keynes Council by Reena Prasad. Annotated by John Cross on 29 May 2023.

Partially successful.

See also: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/personal_budget_9#incoming-1704304
Gender identity training
Request to Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust by A. Pearce. Annotated by John Cross on 21 May 2023.

Successful.

Files related to this request have been uploaded here: https://files.whatdotheyknow.com/request/gender_identity_training_3/
Rubbish and littering in Birmingham
Request to Birmingham City Council by Diana Gangan. Annotated by John Cross on 18 April 2023.

Successful.

We have deleted some material from this thread as part of the work we do to ensure compliance with GDPR.
Clerk of the Parliaments Oath
Request to House of Lords by Dylan Rudd. Annotated by John Cross on 15 April 2023.

Refused.

The reply was that the information is publicly available and can be found on the Parliament website here: https://www.parliament.uk/about/faqs/house-...
Ambulance Response to Incidents in PO6 area
Request to South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust by Victoria Fraser. Annotated by John Cross on 7 January 2023.

Successful.

We renamed this request from "Orkney Road" on 7 January 2023. John (WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer)
Identify and Prioritise Immigration Cases (IPIC) triage tool
Request to Home Office by Tatiana Kazim. Annotated by John Cross on 29 December 2022.

Awaiting classification.

Two documents were hidden on this thread due to possible privacy concerns. Replacement documents were provided. John (volunteer)
Information regarding Competition IRC240709
Request to Department of Finance (Northern Ireland) by [Name Removed]. Annotated by John Cross on 26 November 2022.

Awaiting classification.

Quote from PDF response which is not published on the site because it contains personal data: "Details of the total vacancies in each Department is not...
COBR
Request to Cabinet Office by Steve Elibank. Annotated by John Cross on 16 October 2022.

Partially successful.

The Wikipedia article on Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms suggests that the image released in response to this request is the "only publicly available pho...
Stonehenge history of ownership
Request to The English Heritage Trust by Dunclan. Annotated by John Cross on 29 September 2022.

Partially successful.

This request is mentioned on this blog post: http://www.stonehenge-tours.com/blog.Who-owns-Stonehenge.html
Dispensations
Request to Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority by John Cross. Annotated by John Cross on 27 August 2022.

Partially successful.

One of the links I posted no longer works. The front page is here: https://web.archive.org/web/20141110215932/http://twitpic.com/alv8t1
Statistics for takedown requests for online terrorist content
Request to Cabinet Office by Jacob Berntsson. Annotated by John Cross on 22 April 2022.

Information not held.

The response states that"The Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) is part of the Metropolitan Police."
Updates to uniform
Request to Royal Navy by D Crawshaw. Annotated by John Cross on 2 April 2022.

Awaiting classification.

The response includes the following which I quite liked: "Unit cohesion is more about leadership than the uniform worn."
Incident log for Swinley Forest
Request to Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service by Graham Mitchell. Annotated by John Cross on 16 March 2022.

Successful.

The following Wikipedia page references the response to this request: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wildfires
Amount spent on the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital
Request to Greater Glasgow NHS Board by A. Cuerden. Annotated by John Cross on 15 March 2022.

Successful.

The response to this request is cited in a journal article: Crawford, L. (2016), Moral Legitimacy: The Struggle Of Homeopathy in the NHS. Bioethics,...
Civilian Speed Camera Operator Written Authority
Request to Devon and Cornwall Safety Camera Partnership by Gregory Lake. Annotated by John Cross on 2 October 2016.

Successful.

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/apology-after-police-official-calls-man-a-git-in-e-mail-blunder/story-29755429-detail/story.html
Do Knights of Malta have diplomatic immunity?
Request to Home Office by Chris Moffett. Annotated by John Cross on 5 January 2016.

Successful.

Response said: "I have established that the Home Office does not hold the information which you have requested. I would recommend you...
Notice to Improve Improvement action plans
Request to Skills Funding Agency by Mr Cross. Annotated by John Cross on 26 July 2015.

Refused.

Dear Mr [caseworker], Further to my email below, Section 64 of the Deregulation Act 2015 appears to have abolished the post of Chief Executive of Ski...
Notice to Improve Improvement action plans
Request to Skills Funding Agency by Mr Cross. Annotated by John Cross on 26 July 2015.

Refused.

Dear Mr [Case worker], Thank you for your email. Under Section 84 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, "government department" includes: "any oth...
Notice to Improve Improvement action plans
Request to Skills Funding Agency by Mr Cross. Annotated by John Cross on 26 July 2015.

Refused.

ICO response -------------------------------- 24 July 2015 Case Reference Number FS50587347 Dear Mr Cross Your information request to the Skill...
River House incident's investigation report
Request to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust by David Mery. Annotated by John Cross on 6 June 2015.

Partially successful.

News story here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/campaigners-accuse-met-police-and-mental-health-trust-of-racist-coverup-10237504.html
Project George Reception 23 June 2006
Request to Cabinet Office by paul griffiths. Annotated by John Cross on 16 May 2015.

Long overdue.

Any update?
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