Back in February I asked the Treasury for correspondence it held related to the Stern Review. There is a 20-day time limit for public bodies to respond to requests under FOI and EIR, but as readers here know most public servants ignore the letter of the law and drag out requests for as long as humanly possible.
It was last week that I finally got my response, and as one might have expected it was negative. According to the Treasury they hold only a single email that could be construed as environmental information.
As advised, building on our previous searches related to your earlier requests, I can confirm that we hold one email as specified in your request. This email is dated 19 June 2006 before the publication of the Stern Review in the autumn and its subject is 'Review on the Economics of Climate Change: emerging storyline'. Sir Nicholas Stern sent it to the Chancellor with a wide copy list including Michael Jacobs. The information is a paper from the previous administration describing various options on how the government may choose to progress the policy initiative.
They have of course decided that this email is not disclosable, on one pretext or another.
I've appealed the decision.