RE: ICO response[Ref. FS50180689]‏

Dear [redacted],

That's very kind. Thank you.

Best regards

Matthew Holford

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Subject: RE: ICO response[Ref. FS50180689]
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:29:40 +0000
From: [redacted]@mhra.gsi.gov.uk
To: [redacted]@hotmail.co.uk
CC: foi-enquiries@ico.gsi.gov.uk; [redacted]@parliament.uk; [redacted]@parliament.uk


Dear Mr Holford,

Thank you for your email.

Per the ICO's email of 12 November I have attached the following documents:

- FOI requests and responses relating to matters 07/040, 07/066, 07/088, 07/104, 07/105, 07/118, 07/130, 07/131, 07/140 and 07/142

- Requests made on 29 & 31 May and 3 June and the Agency's response of 8 June (these requests were not allocated FOI reference numbers)

- Your request for a review

- A copy of my review dated 12 September 2007

Kind regards,
[redacted]

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From: Matthew Holford
Sent: 12 November 2007 19:03
To: [redacted]
Cc: foi-enquiries@ico.gsi.gov.uk; [redacted]@parliament.uk; [redacted]@parliament.uk
Subject: RE: ICO response[Ref. FS50180689]


Dear [redacted],

Kindly forward a copy of your file on your investigation into my complaint concerning the MHRA's regulatory activities for [redacted]'s attention, please, as the Office appears to have strict lines of demarcation, when it comes to investigating concerns over flim-flam, fraud and cover-up. Please feel free to reply by saying that you have no obligation to assist the Office, or me.

Best regards


Matthew Holford

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From: FOI-Enquiries@ico.gsi.gov.uk
To: [redacted]@hotmail.co.uk
Subject: ICO response[Ref. FS50180689]
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:23:17 +0000


12th November 2007

Case Reference Number FS50180689

Dear Mr Holford

Thank you for your correspondence dated 7 November 2007 in relation to your complaint about the MHRA.

As the regulator of the legislation, our remit is to determine a public authority’s compliance and we can only act where information supplied to us shows evidence of a breach. The Information Commissioner does not request information from public authorities on behalf of individuals.

Therefore, as stated in our correspondence dated 7 November 2007, before we can progress complaints about the refusal to release information we need to be provided with copies of the following:

· Your initial request for information
· The public authority’s initial response
· Your request for a review (where appropriate)
· The public authority‘s review of their decision (where appropriate)

We require these documents as:

 it provides us with a full set of unedited evidence in support of the complaint
 it is necessary to provide a copy of the initial request to the public authority when we first notify them of having received a complaint

Your case will remain closed until we receive the documents we have requested. You should only send documents that are directly relevant to your complaint. If you send too many or irrelevant documents, we may return the documents to you and ask you to sort out and return only the relevant ones.

Please quote the reference number at the top of this letter in all further correspondence regarding this matter.

Yours sincerely

[redacted]
FoI Case Reception Unit
The Information Commissioner’s Office



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