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Robert Whittaker

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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 119)

Official Street Names
Response by Breckland District Council to Robert Whittaker on 19 May 2022.

Awaiting internal review.

Breckland Council acknowledges receipt of your request for information. Your request is being considered and you will receive the information requeste...
Post Office Branch List and Opening Hours
Response by Post Office Limited to Robert Whittaker on 13 May 2022.

Awaiting internal review.

Dear Robert Whittaker, Thank you for contacting us with your request for an internal review. This has been assigned to a caseworker (our ref: IR202...
Public Access Defibrillator Locations
Response by South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust to Robert Whittaker on 21 April 2022.

Long overdue.

Good Morning,   I write with reference to your FOI request and acknowledge that this has now breached. I would like to inform you this is still...
Lists of Historic and Parent UPRNs
Request to Geoplace LLP by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 22 March 2022.

Refused.

Decision notice from the ICO: https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/decision-notices/2022/4019637/ic-65493-v3w4.pdf (Complaint not upheld). I am...
Food Hygiene Rating Scheme Data Collation / Management
Response by Food Standards Agency to Robert Whittaker on 15 March 2022.

Successful.

Dear Robert,   Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requesting information.  Please note due to th...
Grounds Maintenance Contract for Thetford
Request to Breckland District Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 28 February 2022.

Partially successful.

I've made an application to the Information Commissioner for a Decision under s50. It's case number IC-155305-B7K0. I'm currently waiting for a case of...
Pooled Business Rates Funding for Thetford Enterprise Park Roundabout
Request to Breckland District Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by WhatDoTheyKnow on 3 February 2022.

Successful.

The response to the internal review that has been hidden due to containing personally identifiable information has been redacted and republished here a...
Use of Residual 'Moving Thetford Forward' Funds
Request to Breckland District Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by WhatDoTheyKnow on 3 February 2022.

Successful.

The response to the internal review that has been hidden due to containing personally identifiable information has been redacted and republished here:...
Market Towns Initiative (2017-)
Request to Breckland District Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by WhatDoTheyKnow on 3 February 2022.

Successful.

The response to the internal review that has been hidden due to containing personally identifiable information has been redacted and republished, along...
Renaming (or not) of Butten Island in Thetford
Request to Breckland District Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by WhatDoTheyKnow on 3 February 2022.

Partially successful.

The response to the internal review that has been hidden due to containing personally identifiable information has been redacted and republished here:...
Licence Clarification for NSPL and ONSPD
Request to Office for National Statistics by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 30 January 2022.

Successful.

Just in case the page linked above gets removed at some point in the future, here is the key text from the ONS's response: "We can confirm this is co...
Public Rights of Way GIS Data Followup
Response by Lincolnshire County Council to Robert Whittaker on 7 January 2022.

Successful.

Information request Our reference: 3107093 Customer Information Service County Offices Newland Lincoln LN1 1YL Please ask for: Sharon Chambers FOI R...
Public Rights of Way GIS Data
Follow up sent to Birmingham City Council by Robert Whittaker on 13 December 2021.

Partially successful.

Dear Jenny Bent, Many thanks for your reply to my FOI/EIR request, and for providing a copy of the data requested. However, it seems that you have no...
Algorithm for Computing Postcode Centroids in Code-Point Open
Response by Ordnance Survey Limited to Robert Whittaker on 14 October 2021.

Successful.

Dear Mr Whittaker,   Thank you for your email of 16 September 2021, requesting information from Ordnance Survey in accordance with the Freedom of...
Use and Promotion of WhatThreeWords
Response by Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service to Robert Whittaker on 6 September 2021.

Partially successful.

  Dear Mr Whittaker   Freedom of Information Request ENQ-499377-P3W3X7   I refer to your request for information dated 30 July 2021.   You asked...
Licence Clarification for NSUL and ONSUD
Request to Office for National Statistics by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Owen Boswarva on 24 August 2021.

Successful.

The user guide for the latest version of NSUL (July 2021) has been updated to make it clear that OGL applies without additional terms. https://geoporta...
Public Right of Way Naming Convention & Definitive Statement
Response by Caerphilly County Borough Council to Robert Whittaker on 19 July 2021.

Successful.

Dear Robert Whittaker   ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2004 - INFORMATION REQUEST   Thank you for your request for information received o...
Public Rights of Way GIS Data
Response by Lincolnshire County Council to Robert Whittaker on 22 June 2021.

Successful.

Information request Our reference: 1700017 PROJCS["OSGB 1936 / British National Grid",GEOGCS["OSGB 1936",DATUM["OSGB_1936",SPHEROID["Airy 1830",63775...
Thetford Place Brand Project
Internal review request sent to Breckland District Council by Robert Whittaker on 22 April 2021.

Awaiting internal review.

I am writing to you in relation to my FOI request 'Thetford Place Brand Project'. Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information...
Parish Partnership 2021 - Thetford Bids
Response by Norfolk County Council to Robert Whittaker on 7 April 2021.

Successful.

Dear Mr Whittaker   Environmental Information Regulations Request ENQ-469591-G1V7C9   Following your email below I have gone back to the department...
Street Bin Collection Schedule for Thetford
Response by Breckland District Council to Robert Whittaker on 10 February 2021.

Successful.

Dear Mr Whittaker,   1/ Confirmation of whether "daily" collections include weekends and/or public holidays.- ‘Daily’ relates to Working Days e.g....
Thetford Traffic Regulation Orders
Request to Norfolk County Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 2 February 2021.

Partially successful.

Further documents, relating to Green Lane, can be found at https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/highway_orders_on_green_lane_the
List of Scottish Schools
Response by Scottish Government to Robert Whittaker on 18 January 2021.

Successful.

Please find attached a response to your correspondence. **********************************************************************  This e-mail (and any...
FOI Publication Scheme and Complaints Procedure
Response by Geoplace LLP to Robert Whittaker on 11 November 2020.

Information not held.

Thank you for contacting us re: ICO Case Reference: IC-65493-V3W4. This has been logged in our system with reference number 00683918. This is an automa...
Public Rights of Way Definitive Statements
Response by Essex County Council to Robert Whittaker on 30 July 2020.

Successful.

Dear Sir/Madam,   Thank you for your request for information. Please find our response to your request on the accompanying document(s).   In r...
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Lists of Historic and Parent UPRNs
Request to Geoplace LLP by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 22 March 2022.

Refused.

Decision notice from the ICO: https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/decision-notices/2022/4019637/ic-65493-v3w4.pdf (Complaint not upheld). I am...
Public Access Defibrillator locations
Request to South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust by Cj Malone. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 11 March 2022.

Refused.

It seems that the Public Authority here is confusing personal information with information supplied by a person. They have also failed to comply with F...
Grounds Maintenance Contract for Thetford
Request to Breckland District Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 28 February 2022.

Partially successful.

I've made an application to the Information Commissioner for a Decision under s50. It's case number IC-155305-B7K0. I'm currently waiting for a case of...
Licence Clarification for NSPL and ONSPD
Request to Office for National Statistics by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 30 January 2022.

Successful.

Just in case the page linked above gets removed at some point in the future, here is the key text from the ONS's response: "We can confirm this is co...
Statement of Community Involvement
Request to Breckland District Council by Sarah James. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 1 December 2021.

Long overdue.

I believe that the council's current SCI dates from 2013 and be found at https://www.breckland.gov.uk/media/2002/Statement-of-Community-Involvement-201...
Public Access Defibrillator locations
Request to South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust by Cj Malone. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 30 November 2021.

Refused.

As anyone who's done their GDPR training will know, it's only personal data if it relates to a living individual. I would suspect that most of the "Pri...
Emails
Request to Powys County Council by James Matthews. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 19 September 2021.

Awaiting classification.

Surely it is possibly be for the council to search directly on the 'to' and 'from' addresses of emails stored in their system. There may be a lot of em...
Lists of Historic and Parent UPRNs
Request to Geoplace LLP by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 3 August 2021.

Refused.

The ICO wrote to me on 26th July so say that a case officer had now been allocated to investigate my complaint. They have contacted Geoplace to give th...
Public Rights of Way GIS Data
Request to Lincolnshire County Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 15 June 2021.

Successful.

Many thanks Thomas - though I'm already aware of the Rowmaps website. Unfortunately, the data there is from 2014 (so is likely to be out of date now),...
Lists of Historic and Parent UPRNs
Request to Geoplace LLP by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 28 February 2021.

Refused.

Having not heard anything from the ICO for over three months, I contacted them again to see if/how things were progressing. It turns out that the case...
Thetford Traffic Regulation Orders
Request to Norfolk County Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 2 February 2021.

Partially successful.

Further documents, relating to Green Lane, can be found at https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/highway_orders_on_green_lane_the
Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q4 2020)
Request to Breckland District Council by Jack Robinson. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 23 January 2021.

Awaiting classification.

Section 22 is a qualified exemption, which means that it is subject to a public interest test. In order to use the exemption, a Public Authority has to...
Lists of Historic and Parent UPRNs
Request to Geoplace LLP by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 5 December 2020.

Refused.

Following Geoplace's rejection of my internal review, I submitted a s50 application to the Information Commissioner. I had a reply from the ICO on 11t...
Local Plan Working Group minutes
Request to Breckland District Council by Philip Spencer. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 3 September 2020.

Refused.

Given the ICO's guidance at https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/1637/eir_material_in_the_course_of_completion.pdf and paragraphs 38-44...
Does the FOIA require a borough council or local authority to offer an internal review if the requestor is dissatisfied with the way his request has ben handled
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by Dudley Jones. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 12 November 2019.

Information not held.

Under the Freedom of Information Act itself, there is no legal requirement for a Public Authority to have a complaints / internal review procedure. H...
Street Bin Collection Schedule for Thetford
Request to Breckland District Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 21 October 2019.

Successful.

For anyone wanting to use the information in the spreadsheet, it appears that the "Easting" and "Northing" columns contain data using two different sch...
Register of data controllers
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by Mr M Smith. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 16 October 2019.

Refused.

I believe that both this response and the previous decision notice referenced in it are in error, and could be challenged. In particular, the S21 exemp...
Planning
Request to Breckland District Council by Carol Wilkins. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 11 October 2019.

Awaiting classification.

I don't think this is a particularly helpful response from the council, and it probably fails to fulfil some of their legal duties under FOIA. In parti...
FOIA Request ENQ-353556-K9X2Q9
Request to Norfolk County Council by Ken Jones. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 14 August 2019.

Long overdue.

This appears to relate to a previous WDTK request at https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/norfolk_safety_cic_transparency
Post Office Branch List and Opening Hours
Request to Post Office Limited by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 28 April 2019.

Successful.

The last two messages above were set to foia@postoffice.co.uk . This was still listed as a contact address in one place at http://corporate.postoffice....
Background to Decision to Close Three Nurseries
Request to Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 4 April 2019.

Partially successful.

In the response above, the answers seem to have got a big mangled in with the question text. Here's an easier to read version: 1 Please provide detai...
Pooled Business Rates Funding for Thetford Enterprise Park Roundabout
Request to Breckland District Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 1 March 2019.

Successful.

See https://twitter.com/BreckCouncil/status/1101485900645707776 where the Council state "...we found you emailed an redundant FOI email address. You wo...
Finance Organisational Structure
Request to Breckland District Council by Jess Woods. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 27 February 2019.

Refused.

Actually the email address currently used by WhatDoTheyKnow "freedomofinformation at breckland.gov.uk" is still listed on the Breckland website at http...
Thetford Traffic Survey Data
Request to Norfolk County Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 8 February 2019.

Partially successful.

The "Highway Interventions" report linked above has since disappeared from the Council's website, but I've made a copy available at https://thetford.ma...
Modification Order
Request to Norfolk County Council by angela. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 3 February 2019.

Successful.

I believe that a copy of the order map, and the Planning Inspectorate's decision to confirm it, can be found online at https://assets.publishing.servic...
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