Mr Fred Ormerod 
By email to: [FOI #20107 email] 
 
 
 
 
22 October 2009 
 
 
Dear Mr Ormerod, 
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – RFI20091401 
 
Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act (‘the Act’) of 9 October, seeking: 
 
copies of all emails sent from '@bbc.co.uk' email addresses to Christopher Graham, Information 
Commissioner, and all emails received by '@bbc.co.uk' email addresses from Christopher Graham, 
Information Commissioner. 
 
I estimate that to deal with your request would take more than two and a half days; under section 
12 of the Act, we are allowed to refuse to handle the request if it would exceed the appropriate 
limit. The appropriate limit has been set by the Regulations (SI 2004/3244) as being £450 
(equivalent to two and a half days work, at an hourly rate of £25). In order to locate all emails sent 
from @bbc.co.uk we would have to contact all BBC staff and ask them to search their emails.  
 
If you would like to submit a narrowed request, we would be happy to consider it. For example 
you may consider narrowing your request to the BBC’s General Counsel, Regulatory Legal staff 
and the Information Policy and Compliance team as these are the individuals most likely to have 
exchanged emails with Christopher Graham. 
 
You may request an internal review of our decision that your request exceeds the appropriate 
limit. Please contact us at the address above, 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, 
 

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Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, telephone 01625 545 700 or see 
http://www.ico.gov.uk/  
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
 
Rachael Ward 
Adviser, Information Policy and Compliance 
 

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