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Phillip Main made this Freedom of Information request to Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
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From: Phillip Main
16 April 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please supply me with the dates of any meetings between BERR and
Virgin Media within the period 1st Jan 2006 to 15th April 2009,
along with details of those persons present.
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Main
From: Klym Mike (BR2)
11 May 2009
Dear Mr Main
[1][FOI #10503 email]
11^th May 2009
By email
FOI 09/0543 - Phillip Main - Dates of meetings between BERR and Virgin
Media
Thank you for your FOI request dated 16 April 2009 asking for details of
meetings between BERR and Virgin Media within the period 1st Jan 2006 to
15th April 2009, along with details of those persons present.
As Virgin Media did not exist as an entity before February 2007 (it was
formed as a merger involving Virgin Mobile, ntl and Telewest Broadband), I
am only able to provide details of meetings after February 2007. (BERR
itself only dates from June 2007, however as it was formed from the old
Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) with much of the same core
functions I have included those meetings which occurred between February
and June 2007.)
I am afraid our computer system automatically deletes calendar details
after a certain time. I have used other sources to compile details of
meetings held in the period February 2007 - August 2007, although I am
aware that during this period there were one or two bilateral meetings
with VM as part of our relation management programme but no formal record
was kept.
The names of junior officials and staff from Virgin Media have been
withheld under Section 40 of the Act, personal information. Section 40 is
an absolute exemption and therefore requires no public interest test.
Date DTI or BERR representative(s)
22/05/07 David Hendon, Director Business Relations
+ two BERR officials
16/07/07 Stephen Timms, Minister of State
+ 3 BERR officials
7/11/07 Stephen Timms
David Hendon
+ 2 BERR officials
21/11/07 Stephen Timms
+ BERR officials
13/03/08 BERR official
17/03/08 BERR official
30/04/08 Baroness Shriti Vadera, Parliamentary Under Secretary of
State
+ 3 BERR officials
21/05/08 BERR official
20/06/08 BERR official
26/06/08 BERR official
16/07/08 David Hendon
+ 3 BERR officials
05/11/08 Rachel Clark, Director Communications & Content Industries
+ BERR official
14/01/09 Lord Stephen Carter, Parliamentary Under Secretary of
State
+ BERR officials
12/02/09 BERR official
17/03/09 Stephen Carter
Yours sincerely
Mike Klym
Assistant Director
Dept for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
Bay UG22-30
1 Victoria Street
London SW1 0ET
020 7215 4165
[email address]
11^th May 2009
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may request an internal review within two calendar months of the date of
this letter. If you wish to request an internal review, please contact me.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
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Wilmslow
Cheshire
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From: Klym Mike (BR2)
11 May 2009
Dear Mr Main
I sent you a reply to this earlier today. Unfortunately I inadvertently
omitted one meeting on 18th June last year. I have added this to the
corrected reply below.
Regards
Mike Klym
CCI/BERR
[email address]
020 7215 4165
Dear Mr Main
[1][FOI #10503 email]
11^th May 2009
By email
FOI 09/0543 - Phillip Main - Dates of meetings between BERR and Virgin
Media
CORRECTED VERSION - The original version inadvertently omitted one meeting
on 18 June 2008.
Thank you for your FOI request dated 16 April 2009 asking for details of
meetings between BERR and Virgin Media within the period 1st Jan 2006 to
15th April 2009, along with details of those persons present.
As Virgin Media did not exist as an entity before February 2007 (it was
formed as a merger involving Virgin Mobile, ntl and Telewest Broadband), I
am only able to provide details of meetings after February 2007. (BERR
itself only dates from June 2007, however as it was formed from the old
Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) with much of the same core
functions I have included those meetings which occurred between February
and June 2007.)
I am afraid our computer system automatically deletes calendar details
after a certain time. I have used other sources to compile details of
meetings held in the period February 2007 - August 2007, although I am
aware that during this period there were one or two bilateral meetings
with VM as part of our relation management programme but no formal record
was kept.
The names of junior officials and staff from Virgin Media have been
withheld under Section 40 of the Act, personal information. Section 40 is
an absolute exemption and therefore requires no public interest test.
Date DTI or BERR representative(s)
22/05/07 David Hendon, Director Business Relations
+ two BERR officials
16/07/07 Stephen Timms, Minister of State
+ 3 BERR officials
7/11/07 Stephen Timms
David Hendon
+ 2 BERR officials
21/11/07 Stephen Timms
+ BERR officials
13/03/08 BERR official
17/03/08 BERR official
30/04/08 Baroness Shriti Vadera, Parliamentary Under Secretary of
State
+ 3 BERR officials
21/05/08 BERR official
18/06/08 Rachel Clark, Director Communications & Content Industries
20/06/08 BERR official
26/06/08 BERR official
16/07/08 David Hendon
+ 3 BERR officials
05/11/08 Rachel Clark
+ BERR official
14/01/09 Lord Stephen Carter, Parliamentary Under Secretary of
State
+ BERR officials
12/02/09 BERR official
17/03/09 Stephen Carter
Yours sincerely
Mike Klym
Assistant Director
Dept for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
Bay UG22-30
1 Victoria Street
London SW1 0ET
020 7215 4165
[email address]
11^th May 2009
Appeals procedure
If you are unhappy with the result of your request for information, you
may request an internal review within two calendar months of the date of
this letter. If you wish to request an internal review, please contact me.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
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