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From: margaret
26 January 2010
Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
Please advise the cost for entertainments in each of those
countries where such an allocation is made.
Please provide the latest available figures
Yours faithfully,
Margaret
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
27 January 2010
Dear Margaret
Thank you for your email. Your request 'cost of entertainments' is very broad and would exceed our cost threshold. The information is not centrally held and would involve contacting over 200 Posts overseas. May I suggest you refine your request to a single post with a timeframe, e.g. 'cost of entertainments at the British Embassy Madrid in 2009'
Yours Sincerely
Mark Lowen
Information Rights Team
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From: margaret
27 January 2010
Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
Thank you.
Please advise global cost of entertaining and Washington's in
particular detail
Yours faithfully,
margaret
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
27 January 2010
Dear Margaret
Thank you for your reply. FCO budgets are devolved to posts. To establish the global costs we would need to contact all of our overseas posts for this information. As I have stated previously, this would exceed our cost limit. We can however accept your request re the entertainment budget for Washington. However, before we proceed with this request can you please clarify the time frame, e.g. April 2009 or Jan-June 2009 etc.
Can you please supply your full name when you submit your revised request.
Yours sincerely
Mark Lowen
Information Rights Team
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From: margaret
27 January 2010
Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
Wahington spend on entertainments 2009 will be fine
Yours faithfully,
margaret sykes
From: margaret
27 January 2010
Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
Washington's spend on entertainments 2009 calendar or fiscal year
will be fine
Yours faithfully,
margaret sykes
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
28 January 2010
Dear Ms Sykes
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 27 January 2010 and will aim to respond within 20 working days.
Yours Sincerely
Scott Macdonald
Information Management Group
Information Rights Team
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
24 February 2010
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