2 Marsham StreetLondonSW1P 4DF16 December 2015Chris GilmourVia e-mail: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx Dear Mr GilmourThank you for your e-mail of 4 November and 15 December, in which you ask for:andYour requests have been handled as a request for information under the Freedom ofInformation Act 2000. We have considered your requests and we believe them to be vexatious. Section 14(1) ofthe Act provides that the Home Office is not obliged to comply with a request forinformation of this nature. We have decided that your request is vexatious because itplaces an unreasonable burden on the department, because it has adopted a scattergunapproach and seems solely designed for the purpose of ‘fishing’ for information withoutany idea of what might be revealed.The requests are similar in nature to a request the Home Office received in 2014 that theInformation Commissioners Office (ICO) agreed was vexatious. The decision notice inquestion can be found at this link:Guidance issued by the ICO on vexatious requests can be found at this link:If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal reviewof our handling of your request by submitting a complaint within two months to the addressbelow, quoting reference. If you ask for an internal review, it would be helpful if youcould say why you are dissatisfied with the response.Information Rights TeamHome OfficeFourth Floor, Peel Building2 Marsham StreetLondon SW1P 4DFe-mail : xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx As part of any internal review the Department's handling of your information request will bereassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this response. If youremain dissatisfied after this internal review, you would have a right of complaint to theInformation Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.Yours sincerely,Ministerial Support Unit