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M Veale made this Freedom of Information request to Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform did not have the information requested.
From: M Veale
2 February 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please could you tell me if there have been meetings between Lord
Mandelson or other BERR officials, to discuss the deployment of
Phorm Webwise technology, with any of the following Peers :-
Lord Lamont, Lord Moonie, Lord Truscott, Lord Taylor of Blackburn
and Lord Snape.
If so, what dates were these meetings held, with whom and what was
discussed?
Yours faithfully,
Mark Veale
Steve Hankin left an annotation ( 6 February 2009)
This seems like a very reasonable request and information that should certainly be available and suitable for release. Good question; I look forward with interest to seeing the answer.
From: Balchin Patrick (BR2)
18 February 2009
<<Reply to Mark Veale FoI 09-0182.pdf>>
Dear Mr Veale
Please see attached a letter regarding your Freedom of Information request
of 2 February 2009. Please note that it also seeks clarification from you
as to part of the request, so a prompt reply to that would be appreciated.
Yours sincerely
Patrick Balchin
Patrick Balchin,
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform,
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
Direct Tel: 0207 215 1772
E-mail [email address]
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P. John left an annotation (31 March 2009)
You've been BERRed. They are seeking clarification of your FoI request.
Officials you might like to specify would include
- Sir Brian Bender (Permanent Secretary)
- Hilary Douglas (Chief Operating Officer)
- Mark Gibson (Enterprise and Business Group Director General) (recently left the Civil Service)
- Philip Rutnam (Enterprise and Business Group Director General) (replaced Mark Gibson)
- David Hendon (Director Business Relations 2)
- Vicky Pryce (Chief Economic Adviser )
- Patrick Balchin (Policy Advisor, Business Relations Communications and Content Industries)
- Mary Spoor (Business Relations, Information Hub)
In terms of a date range, try 1 Jan 2006 to present. BERR claim they were not aware of Phorm prior to the announcement on 14 February 2008, yet the Home Office were exchanging correspondence in 2006, 2007, and 2008.
You might want to specify the roles as well as the named individuals, in case there has been an appointment, or promotion in that time period.
P. John left an annotation (31 March 2009)
Two more Civil Servants to include on your list
- Debbie Gillatt (Director Communications Networks)
- Rachel Clark (Director Broadcasting and Content)
From: M Veale
31 March 2009
Dear Mr Balchin,
Many thanks for your response. The officials of interest are :-
Sir Brian Bender (Permanent Secretary)
Hilary Douglas (Chief Operating Officer)
Mark Gibson (Enterprise and Business Group Director General)
Philip Rutnam (Enterprise and Business Group Director General)
David Hendon (Director Business Relations)
Vicky Pryce (Chief Economic Adviser )
Patrick Balchin (Policy Advisor, Business Relations Communications
and Content Industries)
Mary Spoor (Business Relations, Information Hub)
Debbie Gillatt (Director Communications Networks)
Rachel Clark (Director Broadcasting and Content)
The date range that interests me is January 1st 2006 to present.
Many thanks,
Yours sincerely,
M Veale
From: M Veale
3 April 2009
Dear Mr Balchin,
Just an additional follow-up so I can change the status of this
request. I've not got the hang of this site yet!
Apologies,
M Veale
From: Balchin Patrick (BR2)
14 April 2009
Dear Mr Veale
Thank you for your e-mail of 31 March clarifying your request. Please
find a reply attached to this e-mail.
Yours sincerely
Patrick Balchin
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From: M Veale
14 April 2009
Dear Mr Balchin,
Many thanks for your reply.
Do the individuals concerned not have this information?
Yours sincerely,
M Veale
From: Balchin Patrick (BR2)
15 April 2009
Dear Mr Veale
Thank you for your e-mail.
No meetings to discuss the deployment of Phorm Webwise technology have
taken place between the officials named in your e-mail of 31 March 2009
and the peers named in your original request and therefore, as my
reply to you stated, the Department holds no records of any such
meetings.
Yours sincerely
Patrick Balchin
Patrick Balchin,
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform,
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
Direct Tel: 0207 215 1772
E-mail [email address]
http://www.getsafeonline.org/
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P. John left an annotation (16 April 2009)
Sounds like a very literal response.
Perhaps posing the question to ask whether there have been any correspondence and/or recorded meetings with the named individuals to discuss the business interests of Phorm and/or 121Media might yield something?
From: M Veale
16 April 2009
Dear Mr Balchin,
Thank you for your prompt response.
Does the Department hold records of any communications whatsoever
between the named individuals and the named peers, regarding
phorm/121media, for the dates specified?
Yours sincerely,
M Veale
From: Balchin Patrick (BR2)
17 April 2009
Dear Mr Veale
FoI request 09/0546
Thank you for your FoI request of 14 April 2009.
You asked:
"Does the Department hold records of any communications whatsoever
between the named individuals and the named peers, regarding
phorm/121media, for the dates specified?
As my reply of 15 April 2009 to you, stated: "No meetings to discuss the
deployment of Phorm Webwise technology have taken place between the
officials named in your e-mail of 31 March 2009 and the peers named in
your original request and therefore, as my reply [of 18 February 2009] to
you stated, the Department holds no records of any such meetings".
A further search of our records has not revealed any records of any
communications between the named individuals and the named peers,
regarding phorm/121media, for the dates specified
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Yours sincerely
Patrick Balchin
Patrick Balchin,
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform,
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
Direct Tel: 0207 215 1772
E-mail [email address]
[1]http://www.getsafeonline.org/
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