Petitions for redress of grievance

Summary

The request sought statistics on petitions for redress of grievance presented to the Isle of Man court over the last five years, including their status and whether they were debated. The authority refused to send the data directly, citing that it is already reasonably accessible via an annual report published on their website.

Key Facts

• The request was made to the Office of the Clerk of Tynwald on 2017-07-20.
• The response was issued on 2017-07-25 with the outcome 'No information sent - all held but exempt'.
• The requested data covers petitions from the previous five years.
• The information is contained in the 'Petitions for Redress report by the Standing Orders Committee of Tynwald (PP 2017/0100)'.
• The authority offered to send a paper copy if the requester lacks internet access.

Data Disclosed

• 2017-07-20
• 2017-07-25
• IM95885I
• PP 2017/0100
• five years
• 01624 685500

Exemptions Cited

• Section 20 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (Information reasonably accessible to applicant)

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Page 1 www.tynwald.org.im

25/07/2017

REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2015 (“the Act”) REFERENCE NUMBER: IM95885I

Dear

Thank you for your request dated 20th July 2017.

Your request

You asked for: “Could you please tell me (i) how many petitions for redress of grievance have been presented to the court in each of the last five years, (ii) how many of those have been in order and (iii) how many “in order” petitions have been picked up by a Tynwald member and been the subject of a motion put to the court?”

Response to your request

All of the information you have requested is available in this year’s Petitions for Redress report by the Standing Orders Committee of Tynwald (PP 2017/0100): http://www.tynwald.org.im/business/pp/Reports/2017-PP-0100.pdf. This annual publication lists this year’s petitions for redress along with the previous four years; advises for all five years whether each petition has been found to be in order; and, states for every petition of the previous four years whether it has since been picked up for debate. Under section 20 of the Act we do not have to provide you with information if it is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your Freedom of Information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post to Roger Phillips, Clerk of Tynwald at r.phillips@tynwald.org.im or the address above. An electronic version and paper version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on:

Legislative Buildings Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3PW British Isles

Telephone: 01624 685500

Office of the Clerk of Tynwald Oik Cleragh Tinvaal

Oikyn Slattyssagh Doolish Ellan Vannin IM1 3PW Ny Ellanyn Goaldagh

Chellvane: 01624 685500

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1 Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act; or 2 Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.

In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision.

More detailed information on your rights to review is on the Information Commissioner’s website at: https://www.inforights.im/

Further information about Freedom of Information requests can be found on the Isle of Man Government website: https://www.gov.im/foi

Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely Email | foi@tynwald.org.im