OFFICIAL

 

Dear Mr Smith

 

Thank you for your email dated 23 June 2024 seeking access to documents
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

 

This email sets out some information about how your request will be
processed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (the department).

 

Scope of request:

You have sought access to:

 

… all documents received by the Government under Article 22(3) of the
Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans
Pacific Partnership.

 

Timeframe for receiving our decision:

We received your request on 20 June 2024 and the 30-day statutory period
for processing your request commenced from the day after that date. A
decision is currently due to you by Monday 22 July 2024. The period of 30
days may be extended in certain circumstances. 

 

Exclusion of officials’ names and contact details:

It is the department’s policy to withhold the mobile numbers of all
government officials, and the names, gender pronouns, and contact details
of government officials not in the Senior Executive Service (SES) or
equivalent. If you require the mobile numbers of all government officials,
or the names and contact details of non-SES officials, please let us know
at [1][DFAT request email] so the decision-maker may consider; otherwise we
will take it that you agree to that information being excluded from the
scope of your request.

 

Kind regards

 

 

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