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They have now reviewed their decision and stand by their refusal. I now wish to elevate this matter to the ICO. It beggars belief that Judge Alison Mckenna can be on gardening leave with full pay for 13 months and then claims she has quit. The MOJ are not circumventing the FOIA and have blocked my FOIA request. With thanks
Yours  sincerely
Alan M Dransfield

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From: IAC KILO <IAC_KILO@justice.gov.uk>
Date: Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 3:06 PM
Subject: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Outcome of Internal Review – 210804042
To: alanmdransfield@gmail.com <alanmdransfield@gmail.com>

Alan Dransfieldalanmdransfield@gmail.com

Disclosure TeamMinistry of Justice102 Petty FranceLondonSW1H 9AJ data.access@justice.gov.uk  2nd September 2021

Dear Alan Dransfield,

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Outcome of Internal Review – 210804042

Thank you for your Internal Review request dated 4^th August regarding FOI request 210717006 in which you asked for the following information from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ): 

First Tier Tribunal Under protection of the FOIA 2000 please provide me with details about Judge McKenna’s Suspension. 1.Date of Suspension. 2.Type of Suspension, eg Gardening leave. 3.Cause for Suspension 4.List of FOI Cases Judge McKenna has been in charge of for the last 3years. 5 List of all FTT (All facets) suspended in the last 5 years. In the event you think this is excessive, I will settle for 3 years. With thanks Yours sincerely Alan M Dransfield

The purpose of an Internal Review is to assess how your FOI request was handled in the first instance and to determine whether the original decision given to you was correct. This is an independent review: I was not involved in the original decision.

The response to your original request the MoJ neither confirmed nor denied if the information requested was held as the information was exempted under section(s) 32(3) and 40(5) of the FOIA. After careful consideration I have concluded that this response was compliant with the requirements of the FOIA.

Statutory deadline

The statutory deadline for your request was 16th August and the response was provided on 4^th August. The response was therefore compliant with the timeliness requirements of the FOIA.

Outcome

In conclusion, I am satisfied that the response you received on 4^th August was correct.

Appeal Rights

If you are not satisfied with this response you have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The Commissioner is an independent regulator who has the power to direct us to respond to your request differently, if she considers that we have handled it incorrectly.

Information Commissioner’s Office

https://ico.org.uk/Global/contact-us

Yours sincerely,

Knowledge and Information Liaison Officer

NBC Regional Support Unit

HMCTS