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Martin Dann
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Tony Raven wrote:
> Marc Brett wrote on 24/05/2007 22:43 +0100:
>> On Thu, 24 May 2007 19:59:59 +0100, Tony Raven
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I put in an FoI request to the DSA asking for just the internal
>>> memos, e-mails and minutes about the change in wording between
>>> February and March. They have responded that they can't supply it
>>> without payment as it would take more than the statutory 3 man days
>>> to provide. I feel a challenge via the Information Commissioner
>>> coming on.
>>
>> They have 20 days to respond to a FoI request.
>>
>
> But you get the first 24 man hours of effort free after which you have
> to pay £25/hr.
SO much for the "Freedom" of Information Act.
Who decides how much work is involved, surely if they don't want to give
out this to a third party, they will just say it will take n+5 man
days to do.
The FoI act is typical of neolabour, first they brought in the act, then
they used it to publish as much dirty stuff about the tories they could
find, now they are trying to curtail its powers so that it does not
pertain to their own MPs memos, emails, minutes etc.
Martin.
> Marc Brett wrote on 24/05/2007 22:43 +0100:
>> On Thu, 24 May 2007 19:59:59 +0100, Tony Raven
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I put in an FoI request to the DSA asking for just the internal
>>> memos, e-mails and minutes about the change in wording between
>>> February and March. They have responded that they can't supply it
>>> without payment as it would take more than the statutory 3 man days
>>> to provide. I feel a challenge via the Information Commissioner
>>> coming on.
>>
>> They have 20 days to respond to a FoI request.
>>
>
> But you get the first 24 man hours of effort free after which you have
> to pay £25/hr.
SO much for the "Freedom" of Information Act.
Who decides how much work is involved, surely if they don't want to give
out this to a third party, they will just say it will take n+5 man
days to do.
The FoI act is typical of neolabour, first they brought in the act, then
they used it to publish as much dirty stuff about the tories they could
find, now they are trying to curtail its powers so that it does not
pertain to their own MPs memos, emails, minutes etc.
Martin.