New Secret Squirrel items

I’ve added two new additions to the Secret Squirrel pages:
1. A request to the Department for Constitutional Affairs for their Statute Law Database.
2. A request to the House of Commons asking for the number of attacks on MPs’ staff. This followed up my earlier request for the names of MPs’ staff. One of the [...]

British Library Wi-Fi Access

The British Library refused to show me the contract under which they provide wireless internet services, until I filed a Freedom of Information request. The story was covered by Information World Review.
There is considerable community interest in providing free internet access using cheap wireless technology – groups such as consume.net and Wireless London are active [...]

New sections added

The YRTK website has been updated to include a newly revised version of Secret Squirrel. It lists my requests by public authority. The list is far from complete – there are many requests that I have yet to upload – but in time everything will be on here. The log lists:
My original FOI/EIR requests
Response from [...]

FOI request: Minutes from BBC Governor’s meetings post-Hutton

I made a request to the BBC for all minutes from meetings held by the BBC Board of Governors during the time period January 16-31, 2004. This was the period after the Hutton report when the chairman, Gavin Davis and Greg Dyke, the director general of the BBC, resigned.
Read the full BBC response [...]

Names of MPs staff: Internal Review Results

I received a decision notice (below) from the Commons last Thursday (hard copy arrived today) in relation to my FOIA request for the names and salary details of MPs staff. You can read my original letter to the House of Commons sent 2 January 2005. I made the request in order [...]

Names of MPs staff: FOI Request

Judy Wilson
Freedom of Information Officer
House of Commons Information Office
Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA
January 2, 2005
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST: MPs STAFF NAMES AND SALARIES
Dear Ms Wilson
I am writing to request a listing of all MPs� staff by name along with their individual salaries. My preferred format to receive this information is electronically either as a database on [...]

Results of Internal Review: Attorney General’s advice on Iraq War, ID Cards and listing of advice

I received the response below from the Attorney General’s Chambers. It details the results of their internal review on their decision to refuse my FOI requests for the Attorney General’s advice on the Iraq War, advice on ID cards and a listing of all the topics on which the Attorney General’s advice was sought.
In summary, [...]

Records Concerning British Airways’ Decision to Stop Flying Concorde

In response to a FOIA request, the Department for Transport has today released the following records on British Airways’ decision to scrap Concorde. Documents are available to download from the DfT’s disclosure log, but below is a summary of what is available. The documents are very enlightening particularly the correspondence between Virgin and BA. There [...]

High praise for Waste Management – Boos for Environmental Health

FOI Requests to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

FOI Request for Harrods Food Hall inspection report

Freedom of Information Team
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The Town Hall, Rm N111
Hornton Street
London W8 7NX
February 23, 2004
Dear Paul Stott
I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
I would like a copy of the food safety inspection report about Harrods food hall that [...]