To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Our ref: DE00000443329
Dear Ms Brooke,
Thank you for your email of 9 September to the Department of Health requesting, under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, further details about figures provided in response to your previous FOI request (our ref: DE00000434571). Your request has been passed to me for reply.
I can confirm that the details which were provided to you are accurate. The news report to which you refer provides figures for an NHS-run stop smoking service, which would not fall under Department of Health marketing costs.
If you would like to request further information about the statistics provided in the article to which you refer, you should contact the NHS Information Centre (IC) at the following email address: xxxxxxxxx@xx.xxx.xx.
If you have any queries about this response, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
I hope this reply is helpful. If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
Head of the Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health
Room 317
79
SW1A 2NS
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxx.xxx.xx
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Department. The ICO can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely,
Aimee Gasston
FOI Officer
Department of Health