George Black via e-mail 
[FOI #11709 email]
 
21 May 2009 
 
Dear Mr Black, 
 
Freedom of Information Request - RFI20090679 
Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”) received on 8 May 2009, seeking 
the following information: 
  
‘…how many people were employed at salary grade 10 (or were acting up to that grade) in the Core News section of 
World Service News and Current Affairs at the time of the last pay rise in 2008? How many of those people received 
a bonus? How many received an above standard pay rise? How many received both a bonus and an above standard 
pay rise?’ 
 
Under section 40(2) of the Act, we are withholding the information requested.  As the request relates to a small 
number of staff, this could lead to individuals being identified.  Personal information about living individuals is exempt if 
disclosure to a third party would breach one or more principles of the Data Protection Act 1998.  As individuals who 
work at the BBC do not expect their remuneration details to be disclosed, to do so would be unfair; therefore, 
disclosure would breach the First Data Protection Principle, fairness.  
 
Your Appeal Rights: 
 
If you are not satisfied with this response you have the right to an internal review by a BBC senior manager.  Please 
contact us at the following address: BBC Freedom of Information, Room 2252, White City, 201 Wood Lane, London 
W12 7TS, explaining what you would like us to review and including your reference number: If you are not satisfied 
with the internal review, you can appeal to the Information Commissioner.  The contact details are: Information 
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, telephone 01625 545 700 or see 
http://www.ico.gov.uk/ 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
Mary Geoghegan 
BBC People 
 

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