BN66 2008 - minutes of meetings

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Dear Mr Jagger

I refer to your Freedom of Information (FOI) request on 20 May 2009, for the following information:

"Can HMRC publish the minutes of meetings where the provision, announced in Budget Note 66 2008, was discussed."

HMRC is unable to confirm or deny whether or not it holds the information sought by you. This is because we estimate that it would take more than the appropriate limit to ascertain whether or not we hold the information. The appropriate limit is specified in regulations and for central government is set at £600. This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 3½ working days determining if the Department holds the information. This includes locating, retrieving and extracting the information. Under section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the Department is not obliged to comply with your request and we will not be processing it further.

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