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BBC World Service repayment of grant in aid

Lily Burlero made this Freedom of Information request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The request was partially successful.

From: Lily Burlero

5 May 2010

Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

This FOI request is for full details of the agreement between the
Foreign Office and the BBC World Service under which the BBC World
Service has agreed to pay back to the Foreign Office some £7.7
million of grant in aid money.

The information I require in particular:

Copies of all e-mails(addressed internally and externally) relating
to all requests, discussions and decisions regarding the BBC's
repayment of grant in aid money to the Foreign Office. Also, all
letters (addressed internally and externally) that mention the
repayment of grant in aid funds to the Foreign Office, and any
minutes or memoranda recording meetings (either formal or informal)
to discuss the repayment.

A full list of all BBC capital projects that will have to be
curtailed as a result of repaying grant in aid money to the Foreign
Office.

A breakdown of how much of the £7.7 million derives from the 2009 -
2010 World Service budget and how much from the 2010 - 2011 budget.

I would like copies of all e-mails (addressed internally and
externally), letters (addressed internally and externally) and
minutes or memoranda relating to the involvement of the Director
General, Mark Thompson, and the Chairman of the BBC Trust, Michael
Lyons, in requests, discussions and decisions regarding the
repayment of grant in aid money to the Foreign Office.

Yours faithfully,

L Burlero (Mrs)

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

6 May 2010

Dear Mrs Burlero

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. It has been passed to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with. They will be in touch with you should your request need clarification.

We received your request on 06 May 2010 and will aim to respond within 20 working days.

Yours sincerely

Mark Lowen
Information Rights Team
Information Management Group

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Dave Townsend left an annotation (17 May 2010)

Seriously guys, 'Lily Bulero'? Is this really a name or merely a rather obvious 'nom de ruse' for Lilibolero.

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

3 June 2010

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Dear Mrs Burlero

I attach an initial response to your Freedom of Information request.

Steve

Steve Townsend I Team Leader, Public Diplomacy Partners I Public Diplomacy
Group | Communications Directorate
(Tel: 020 7008 5993 | (FTN: 8008 5993 | :www.fco.gov.uk | * email.
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From: Lily Burlero

7 June 2010

Dear Mr Townsend,

Many thanks for your email of 3rd June in which you wrote that you
required more time to consider the public interest in disclosing
the information I am seeking. I note the best practice guidance
from the Information Commissioner suggests that such time
extensions should only be used when the issues to be considered are
"exceptionally complex".

You also request an address so that you can respond in hard copy. I
would prefer that you reply by email so that the material is
publicly archived and available on the website whatdotheyknow.com
through which I made my original FOI request to you.

Many thanks,

L Burlero

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

2 July 2010

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Dear Mrs Burlero

Please find attached the documents relating to your Freedom of Information
Act request.

yours sincerely

Steve Townsend

Steve Townsend I Team Leader, Public Diplomacy Partners I Public Diplomacy
Group | Communications Directorate
(Tel: 020 7008 5993 | (FTN: 8008 5993 | :www.fco.gov.uk | * email.
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Visit our blogs at [2]http://blogs.fco.gov.uk

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Chris Green left an annotation ( 3 October 2011)

"Lily Burlero" is clearly a pseudonym and this request should have been binned without action. ("Lilliburlero" is the name of the BBCWS theme music often played before the news.)

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