FOI - Communications channels enquiry
Updated 18 December 2023
Applies to England and Wales
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Our Ref: FOI/108305
Date: 31 July 2023
By email only
1. Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your email, received on 20 July 2023, in which you requested information from the office of the Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 entitles you to:
• know whether the information you have requested is held by the PCA; and
• be provided with that information, subject to any exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which may apply.
You have requested the following information:
“Could you please tell me if your agency hosts any communications channels dedicated to gender critical people or the SEEN network. These might be on Teams, Yammer, Slack, etc.”
I can confirm that the office of the PCA does not host any communications channel(s) dedicated to gender critical people or the SEEN network.
If you do not believe that the office of the PCA has provided an appropriate response to your request, as set out above, you are entitled to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be made in writing, quoting the above reference, to office@pubscodeadjudicator.gov.uk or:
PCA
4th Floor
23 Stephenson Street
Birmingham B2 4BJ
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: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.