BERR Ref 09/1

Heather Brooke

Email: [FOI #15305 email]

7 August 2009

Dear Ms Brooke

I am writing regarding your request for information, which I received on 28 July 2009.  In that request, you asked us for:

1. The number of staff (full-time equivalent) working in marketing, external communications and press offices.

2. The number of dedicated Freedom of Information officers (full-time equivalent).

3. Total staffing cost of marketing, external communications and press officers.

4. Total staffing cost of dedicated Freedom of Information staff.

5. Total spending on marketing, external communications and press offices.

6. Total spending on Freedom of Information.

7. If the department produces a newsletter then the name of this publication and all associated costs.

We are unable to proceed with your request without clarification of the information you wish to receive. To help us do so, I would need to know the following in relation to questions 5, 6 and 7

Question 5:

do you want to know the total departmental spend on marketing activities, external communications and press office work or just the costs of running the sections for marketing, external communications and the press office?

Question 6

do you want to know the total amount spent on administering FOI requests across the whole Department or just the costs of running the section containing dedicated Freedom of Information staff?

Question 7

do you mean a newsletter sent to external contacts or a newsletter produced for internal staff?

If you wish to discuss any of the above, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

Tom Meechan

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