Our Reference: FOI 1161

Mitesh Popat

By email [email protected]

12 April 2012

Dear Mitesh

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for information which was received by us on 9 April 2012.

You requested the following:

“Would you please help me with getting full list of all registered restaurants and bars (food related establishments) in greater (hopefully with their addresses and any other relevant details)”.

Your request has been handled under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act).

None of the information you have requested is held by the Food Standards Agency.

Food establishments register with the relevant local authority. Although the Agency collects monitoring data annually from local authorities on the food law enforcement activities that have been carried out, this does not include the names and addresses of individual food establishments.

You will need to contact the 33 individually to obtain this information. A full list of these authorities is attached.

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

If you are not satisfied with the way the Agency has handled your request for information, you should write within two calendar months of the date of this letter to the Openness Team, and ask for an internal review. They will arrange for the Complaints Coordinator to conduct the review. Their address is Food Standards Agency, Room 2C Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6NH (email:[email protected]).

Aviation House 125 Kingsway London WC2B 6NH T 020 7276 8412 E [email protected]

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Agency. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF or through the website at: www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Jackie Jewett Audit and Monitoring Branch Local Authority Audit & Liaison Division

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