Darren Clowrey via e-mail
[FOI #9697 email]
7 April 2009
Dear Mr Clowrey,
Freedom of Information Request - RFI20090494 Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”) received on 25 March
2009 seeking the following information:
‘… a list of all those working for the bbc that have taken part in common purpose charity training’
We have searched our central training records and found that there is a record of only four local radio
staff having attended the training between 2005 and 2007. These staff are Ben Thompson, John Clayton,
Alison Brown and Mia Costello.
However, as not all training is recorded centrally, in order to respond in full to your request the BBC
would need to carry out an audit of each of its departments to check their local training records. As there
are over 20,000 staff currently at the BBC, we estimate that to carry out this search 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). On this basis we cannot
provide you with an exhaustive list of BBC staff who have attended Common Purpose training events.
I hope this response satisfies your request.
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
