Add a request state for when an agency requests the paymenrt of a fee

[bardiharborow]

Would it make sense to add a request state for when the agency has requested the requester pay a fee before proceeding with the request?

Neither "I'm still waiting for my information" or "I've been asked to clarify my request" really seem appropriate for this status.

This is common for local and state government agencies in Australia.

[garethrees]

Hey @bardiharborow 👋

From a philosophical point of view, Alaveteli tries to model the world as we think it should be, and has to work across many countries. We believe that FOI should fundamentally be free, so the "refused" classification would actually be the one to use here.

Of course, we appreciate that countries need to make decisions about their own implementations of FOI, so we're not blind to the realities of different legislations. While it's a bit clunky, you can add custom classifications at the theme level, e.g. https://github.com/mysociety/asktheeu-theme/blob/master/lib/customstates.rb#L20-L36. I think that would be the best route in this case.

In general I'd like to simplify the core classifications a bit, since there are quite a few as it is!