Dear Sir or Madam,

Could you provide me of the details of how many Freedom of
Information Requests were rejected by the House of Commons in 2005,
2006 and 2007 and on what grounds they were rejected.

Yours faithfully,

Alastair Manderson

Dear Mr Manderson

Thank you for your email dated 27 May 2008.

We shall deal with your request promptly and forward a response by 24
June 2008.

Regards

Carol Prestidge

Freedom of Information
Department of Resources
House of Commons
7 Millbank

0207 219 1178

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Mandy
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Dear CASTLE, Bob,

Freedom of Information Requests are normally kept on record by the
public body. I require the total number of rejections of such
requests. To aid your knowledge of what grounds. The public body
will normally declare one of the following • All information
withheld – information can only be withheld where one of the
exemptions under the Act applies • Information partially disclosed
- this applies where some, but not all, of the information has been
withheld. Even if only a single word is withheld, we would consider
the RFI outcome to be ‘Information partially disclosed’ • Closed:
no further information provided - for example, when the requester
does not provide sufficient information to make the RFI valid as a
section 8 request, or when the requester withdraws their RFI. •
Information available elsewhere – this applies for example, when
the information is available in the annual report or on the BBC
website. • Information not held

As you can probably guess this is part of a wider inquiry into how
efficient Public Departments operate. The House of Lords for
example has this information published on a website - but I could
find no such House of Commons information.

Ever thankful for your endeavours

Yours sincerely,

Alastair Manderson

Dear Mr Manderson

The information for 2005 - to 2007 date follows.
2005 2006 2007
No exemption applied 65 66 106
Some information exempt 47 30 33
All information exempt 75 43 59

The House will consider complaints in relation to its handling of this
request. These should be addressed to [House of Commons request email] Please
ensure that you specify the nature of your complaint and any arguments
or points that you wish to make. If you remain dissatisfied, you may
appeal to the Information Commissioner at Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire.

yours sincerely

Bob Castle

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Bob Castle
House of Commons Data Protection and Freedom of Information Officer
0207 219 2032

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