Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please could you provide me with all correspondence from businesses in the sunbed industry to the Health and Safety Executive between 1 January 2008 and the present date. Please include correspondence from persons or groups representing businesses in the industry such as the Sunbed Association.

Yours faithfully,

John Cross

Ref: RMJS-7E5J9B

Dear Mr Cross

Thank you for your enquiry regarding your FOI request.

Your request has been forwarded for reply to:

Jayne Thorniley
Freedom of Information Unit
Health and Safety Executive
Redgrave Court
Merton Road
Bootle
Merseyside
L20 7HS
Telephone: 0151 951 4000 (Switchboard)

If you require to contact HSE again regarding this enquiry please quote the
reference number above.

I hope this helps, but if you require further assistance, please do not
hesitate to contact this address again or telephone HSE Infoline on 08453
450055.

Yours sincerely

Rachel M Jones

HSE Infoline

HSE is committed to maintaining your personal information in a manner that
meets the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Sometimes, we may need to pass your details to another government
department or public body so that they can help you with your enquiry.

HSE Infoline is provided by the National Britannia Group on behalf of HSE.

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Dear Mr Cross

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2008040590

Thank you for your request for information on correspondence from
businesses in the sunbed industry to the Health and Safety Executive
between 1 January 2008 and the present.

Your request was received on 28 April 2008 and I am dealing with it in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Under the terms of
the Act you are entitled to a response within 20 working days of
receipt.

If we cannot meet this deadline we will let you know the reasons and
tell you when you can expect a response.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I
will let you know.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely

MICHAEL HEGARTY

FOI Officer

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Dear Mr Cross

I am contacting you about your request for information on correspondence
from businesses in the sunbed industry to the Health and Safety
Executive (HSE) between 1 January 2008 and the present, which was
received on 28 April 2008.

A response to your request is due today. I apologise but our response
is going to be delayed as we are awaiting third party consent to release
the correspondence sent to HSE. Your request will be answered as
quickly as possible when the third parties concerned have responded to
HSE.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely

MICHAEL HEGARTY

FOI Officer

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Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to inquire about the progress of my request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I am having trouble understanding the reason for the delay. If the information I have asked for is not covered by an exemption then the HSE are legally obliged to provide it and not legally required to seek permission from any third parties in order to do so. If the HSE considers the information to be exempt then I should be told what exemption the HSE is seeking to apply.

Please explain what permissions are being sort and why and please give me an indication of when I am likely to receive a response.

Thanks,

John

Yours sincerely,

Ref: HPHS-7FCDFL

Dear Mr Cross

Thank you for your further correspondence.

Your enquiry has been forwarded for reply to:

The Enquiry Services Team
Health and Safety Executive
Redgrave Court
Merton Road
Bootle
Merseyside
L20 7HS

If you require to contact HSE again regarding this enquiry please quote the
above reference number.

I hope this helps, but if you require further assistance, please do not
hesitate to contact this address again or telephone HSE Infoline on 08453
450055.

Yours sincerely

Helena Phillips

HSE Infoline

HSE is committed to maintaining your personal information in a manner that
meets the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Sometimes, we may need to pass your details to another government
department or public body so that they can help you with your enquiry.

HSE Infoline is provided by the National Britannia Group on behalf of HSE.

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Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to request an internal review in relation to the handling of my request dated 6 June 2008 (your reference: Ref: RMJS-7E5J9B). The deadline for a response was 28 May 2008 but I have yet to receive all of the information I have asked for or be told of a specific exemption which means the information need not be released. I was told that permission was being sought from a third party to disclose but I was never told who that party was or why permission was needed.

Please acknowledge receipt.

Yours sincerely,

John Cross

Ref: BCRN-7FNBDJ

Dear Mr Cross

Thank you for your enquiry regarding your Freedom of Information request.

Your request has been forwarded for reply to:

Freedom of Information Officer
Information Management Unit
Redgrave Court
Merton Road
Bootle
L20 7HS

If you require to contact HSE again regarding this enquiry please quote the
reference number above.

I hope this helps, but if you require further assistance, please do not
hesitate to contact this address again or telephone HSE Infoline on 08453
450055.

Yours sincerely

Beverley Craven

HSE Infoline

HSE is committed to maintaining your personal information in a manner that
meets the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Sometimes, we may need to pass your details to another government
department or public body so that they can help you with your enquiry.

HSE Infoline is provided by the National Britannia Group on behalf of HSE.

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Dear Sir

Thank you for your request for an internal review following your Freedom
of Information request for information on the sunbed industries, it was
received by HSE on 16th June 2008.

I have spoken to the FOI officer who is dealing with your case, and
would like to apologise for the delay in you receiving your response. A
response is to be sent to you later today and hopefully this will answer
your original request.

If however, you are still not happy with the outcome of your request,
then can you please let me know if you still wish for me to proceed with
your request for an internal review - I will need this in writing as per
the appeals procedure which will be detailed in the letter which you
will receive today.

With regards to your mail message asking for an internal review, you say
that you were told that 'permission was being sought from a third party
to disclose but I was never told who that party was or why permission
was needed'. Under the Freedom of Information Act we are not obliged to
divulge particulars of a third party to applicants. It is not our
policy to forward this type of information to our applicants.

I hope that you will find this response satisfactory.

Regards

Sonia Taylor BSc
FOI Policy Advisor
4.S.G. Redgrave Court
Merton Road
Bootle, Liverpool L20 7HS

Tel: 0151 951 3913
VPN: 523 3913

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FOI Request 2008040590 Document 1.pdf
FOI Request 2008040590 Document 2.pdf
FOI Request 2008040590 Document 3.pdf

Dear Mr Cross,

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2008040590

Thank you for your request for information about correspondence from
businesses in the sunbed industry to the Health and Safety Executive
(HSE) between 1 January 2008 and 28 April 2008" (the date of your
email).

Your request was received on 28 April 2008 and I am dealing with it
under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act).

I would like to apologise for the time it has taken us to respond to
your request, but we were seeking permission from the third parties
involved to provide copies of the letters or emails that they had sent
to us.

I can confirm that the HSE holds the following information:

1. Email dated 19 February 2008 sent internally about a phone
call from Victoria Barton (Edelman) to Sarah Senior (HSE);

2. Letter dated 20 February 2008 from Lene Preiss (Consol
Suncenter) to Sarah Senior (HSE)*, and

3. Email dated 21 April 2008 from Victoria Barton (Edelman) to
Sarah Senior (HSE)*.

This information can be disclosed and copies are enclosed. The
documents marked '*' have been redacted to remove personal information
(Section 40).

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your
own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and
for the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-use, for example
commercial publication, would require the permission of the copyright
holder. Most documents supplied by HSE will have been produced by
government officials and will be Crown Copyright. You can find details
on the arrangements for re-using Crown copyright on HMSOnline at:

http://www.hmso.gov.uk/copyright/licence...

Information you receive which is not subject to Crown Copyright
continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or
organisation, from which the information originated. You must ensure
that you gain their permission before reproducing any third party (non
Crown Copyright) information.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

If you are unhappy with the decisions made by HSE you may ask for an
internal review within two calendar months of the date of this letter by
writing to me.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

The Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545700

Fax: 01625 524510

Email: [email address]

Website: http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

MICHAEL HEGARTY

FOI Officer

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