Annie Wilkes
By email [FOI #3939 email]
3 December 2008
Dear Ms Wilkes,
Freedom of information request – RFI20081191
Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”) dated 3rd
November, seeking:
“any communications between any employees of the BBC and any employees of the Royal Shakespeare
Company (RSC) during the period from 28 September 2006 to 11 September 2007.
I would also like to request any internal communications between staff at the BBC about communications
between the BBC and the RSC, or the subjects of these communications, for the same period.”
On 9th November, you clarified your request as follows:
“The names of the BBC employees referred to in my request are Russell T Davies, Phil Collinson, Julie T
Gardner (who produced Doctor Who at BBC Wales), Jane Tranter and Peter Fincham. I would also like
any emails from the contracts department. (I don't know the official name of this department or who
works in it.)
The subject of the emails is David Tennant going off to act at the RSC.
I would also like to extend the period of my request to 5 October 2007.”
We have checked the records of the contracts team and the individuals you name, with the
exception of Russell T Davies, who is not a BBC employee. However, our search would have
retrieved any information held by the BBC which included communication to or from Russell T
Davies. No communication was found that involved Peter Fincham, Jane Tranter, Phil Collinson or
Russell T Davies.
I have attached four emails that were retrieved. Please note that a small amount of information has
been redacted from the documents under section 40(2) (personal information) of the Act. This
information is individuals’ email addresses (although the names of the senders / recipients are
shown) and mobile numbers. Disclosure of this information would breach the first Data
Protection principle, fairness, as the individuals concerned would not expect to have this personal
information disclosed to a third party.
Appeal rights
If you are not satisfied with this response you have the right to an internal review by a BBC senior
manager or legal adviser. 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, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, telephone
01625 545 700 or see http://www.ico.gov.uk/
Yours sincerely,
Rachel Hallett
Advisor, Information Policy & Compliance
