Mark Goodge
Joined WhatDoTheyKnow in 2010
Internet semi-guru, lover of fine wine, fine food and fine conversation. Political (in)activist, thinker, theologian, creator of interesting websites, owner of far too many cats. Read my blog at http://mark.goodge.co.uk or follow me at http://twitter.com/MarkGoodge
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This person's 80 Freedom of Information requests
When I emailed: customerservice@your.royalmail.com
PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS AUTOMATED EMAIL
We’re sorry but emails to this address are no long...
I complained to the ICO, and the outcome is that I now have the report in the format I asked for.
For the benefit of anyone else whould like it in an...
As I said in my original email, I understand that you are not covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2000. However, I see no reason why you cann...
Evesham fire station callout log
Response by Hereford and Worcester Fire Brigade to Mark Goodge on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Goodge
Thank you for your [1]Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) request which
was received by Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue S...
Search Engine Anti-Piracy Voluntary Code of Practice
Response by Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to Mark Goodge on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Goodge,
Please find attached our response to your email of 21 February 2017 below regarding FOI request ref FOI2017/06092.
If you have any qu...
Bridges managed by Network Rail
Response by Network Rail Limited to Mark Goodge on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Goodge
Our reference: FOI2016/00474
Please find attached our response to your request for an internal review.
Yours sincerely
Colin Bendall...
Land at The Vineyards, Ely
Response by East Cambridgeshire District Council to Mark Goodge on .
Successful.
Apologies Mr Goodge - please find the attachment now attached to this email.
Further to your information request FOI/EIR 15/16-614 please find your...
Police Information Notices
Response by Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to Mark Goodge on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr. Goodge
Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2015080001746
I write in connection with your request for information which was
rece...
Dear Mr Goodge
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: RFI 6548/15
I write in connection with your request for information which was received...
Dear Mr Goodge,
With reference to your e-mail dated 24th August 2015 (below) requesting
information in relation to "Police Information Notice" l...
Dear Mr Goodge
Please find attached response to your information request.
Yours sincerely
Linda Hirschhorn
Text Processor/Clerical...
Elm Road/Offenham Road junction, Evesham
Response by Worcestershire County Council to Mark Goodge on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Goodge
Please find attached response to your information request.
Yours sincerely
Linda Hirschhorn
Text Processor/Clerical...
Current arrangements with Bailii and Courtel
Follow up sent to Her Majesty’s Courts and the Tribunals Service by Mark Goodge on .
Partially successful.
Thank you for your response. I would like to be kept informed of updates relating to the contracts with BAILII and Courtel, as offered in your reply...
Spam filtering on Hull City Council email systems
Response by Hull City Council to Mark Goodge on .
Refused.
Dear Mr Goode,
I have reviewed the handling of your information request of 8^th March,
please find the outcome below.
1. You asked whi...
Dear Mr Goodge,
Please see attached our response to your request under the Freedom of
Information Act.
Yours sincerely,
Sam
Sa...
101 Single Non-Emergency Number - Home Office research
Response by Home Office to Mark Goodge on .
Successful.
Please find attached response to your FOI request.
Home Office
2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF
[1]www.gov.uk/home-office
...
101 Single Non-Emergency Number - Ofcom research
Response by Office of Communications to Mark Goodge on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Goodge
Thank you for your request for information about Ofcom's research relating to charges using the 101 non-emergency number, which we have...
Petitions removed from the e-petitions website
Response by Cabinet Office to Mark Goodge on .
Successful.
Please find attached the reply to your recent FOI request
Regards
FOI Team
1 Horse Guards Road
London
SW1A 2HQ
Emai...
OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Goodge
Thank you for your email. Please note the attached response
Yours Sincerely
FOI Team
Communicati...
Roadworks Forward Planning Proposals
Response by Worcestershire County Council to Mark Goodge on .
Refused.
Dear Mr Goodge,
Please see attached response to your recent request for information.
Regards
Tracy Clarke
Information Access Team...
Full list of all National Lottery funding recipients
Follow up sent to Department for Culture, Media and Sport by Mark Goodge on .
Partially successful.
Thanks for the reply. I have another minor query related to this, which I hope it will be simple enough to answer. That is, can you confirm that all...
PIPCU holding page stakeholders
Response by City of London Police to Mark Goodge on .
Partially successful.
Classification: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED
Dear Mr Goodge,
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REF: COL/14/781
I write in connection with your request...
PIPCU holding page contents
Response by City of London Police to Mark Goodge on .
Partially successful.
Classification: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED
Dear Mr Goodge,
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REF: COL/14/697
I write in connection with your request...
Our ref: 711,191
Dear Mr Goodge
I am writing to confirm that we have now completed our search for the
information, which yo...
Dear Mr Goodge,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 REQUEST
Please see the attached response to your Freedom of Information request.
Your...
This person's 54 annotations
I complained to the ICO, and the outcome is that I now have the report in the format I asked for.
For the benefit of anyone else whould like it in an...
Freedom of Information Act 2000 Request - Ref: 5423
Information not held.
Did you get a result from the ICO?
FOI
Request to Wychavon District Council by francis: of the family hanney. Annotated by Mark Goodge on .
Awaiting classification.
This link may be useful for anyone researching similar issues:
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Freeman_on_the_land
Registration of Birth
Long overdue.
This may assist the requester in understanding the legal position:
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Freeman_on_the_land
That doesn't sound like valid grounds to declare a request vexatious. I'd strongly suggest appealing this to the ICO.
Just discovered that if you send them an email deliberately intended to bounce, the response you get includes this in the inbound headers:
X-Proofpoi...
Does the registered keeper of a vehicle have to be human?
Partially successful.
Just a note on this: The relevant legislation uses the term "person" throughout to refer to the Registered Keeper. In law, a person means either a huma...
Full list of all National Lottery funding recipients
Partially successful.
I did look at that, but as you say it's missing the IDs which link to individual grant data URLs.
If I get a response to the FOI request which confir...
PIPCU holding page contents
Partially successful.
I've marked this as "partially successful" because the response refers to a relevant document which wasn't provided. I've asked for a copy, if I get th...
Accredited comparison sites
Refused.
The ICO rejected my appeal, on the basis that the law does indeed give Ofcom the right to refuse any FOI request on the grounds that Section 393 of the...
Bitesize Seminars
Successful.
In case anyone is wondering why I made this request, Bitesize Seminars (aka Communicado Ltd, aka Domainhost, aka Charming Events, aka lots of other ali...
The Hive filtering system
Partially successful.
If security by obscurity is that important to them, then maybe they should tell their supplier not to use them as a reference site:
http://www.smooth...
NMM Inspections
Partially successful.
I suspect the answer you're going to get (certainly, the one I'd expect) is that there are no written records of defects beyond the simple fact that th...
The response is good as far as it goes, but it has the limitation that it only covers England. Healthcare is a devolved power, so for Scotland and Wale...
Location of Post Offices
Refused.
Any news on the appeal to the ICO?
Accident Data for Pershore Road (B4084) Evesham.
Partially successful.
The response to this has been rolled into another request:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/evesham_traffic_srveys_and_censu
Evesham Traffic Srveys and Censuses
Partially successful.
The stats in that response have been mangled a bit. Here they are in a more readable format:
Accidents by vehicle type
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Mo...
Chocolate digestives consumed by Tandrdige DC
Request to mySociety Test Quango by Mike Thompson. Annotated by Mark Goodge on .
Awaiting classification.
This is clearly a major scandal that needs urgent investigation. All good councils consume ginger nuts.
Accredited comparison sites
Refused.
I've appealed this to the ICO. I'll add an update here as and when I get a decision on that.
Bedroom Tax
Partially successful.
They wouldn't be able to confirm something like that, even if it seems obvious, because in some cases it might actually not be obvious and getting it w...
Public Authority
Awaiting internal review.
What R Austin (don't call him Mr Austin, he/she probably wouldn't appreciate that) is trying to get at is some mythical concept which distinguishes "la...
In case anyone else wants it, I've copied the files from the CD into a zip archive and uploaded it to my website:
http://mark.goodge.co.uk/files/eves...
Rather bizarrely, they have sent me the documents by post. Apart from the fact that they have done so without replying here to say that they were plann...
Domain names: .gov.uk
Refused.
I've taken the list and added some meta-data about the domains. You can see it all here:
http://govdomains.markgoodge.com/
Domain renewal notifications
Partially successful.
I've taken the list and added some meta-data about the domains. You can see it all here:
http://govdomains.markgoodge.com/