Shriti Vadera and Phorm

Dear Sir or Madam,

for the period 1 January 2006 to the present day, please will you
disclose to me;

- Correspondence (letters, fax, email etc) between Baroness Shriti
Vadera and Phorm

- Correspondence (letter, fax, email etc) between Baroness Shriti
Vadera and BT, concerning Phorm and/or trials of 121Media products

- Correspondence (letter, fax, email etc) between Baroness Shriti
Vadera and Lord Lamont of Lerwick, concerning Phorm and/or trials
of 121Media products

- Correspondence (letter, fax, email etc) between Baroness Shriti
Vadera and Gordon Brown MP, concerning Phorm and/or trials of
121Media products

- Correspondence (letter, fax, email etc) between Baroness Shriti
Vadera and Lord Peter Mandleson, concerning Phorm and/or trials of
121Media products

- Correspondence (letter, fax, email etc) between Baroness Shriti
Vadera and Patricia Hewitt MP, concerning Phorm and/or trials of
121Media products

- Dates/agendas/minutes/ministerial briefing notes of meetings
between Baroness Shriti Vadera, and the executive/non-executive
management of Phorm

- Dates/agendas/minutes/ministerial briefing notes of meetings
between Baroness Shriti Vadera, and the executive/non-executive
management of British Telecom (including Patricia Hewitt MP).

Yours faithfully,

P. John

Dear Mr. Balchin,

many thanks for your note, and apologies for the delay responding.

To recap, I requested that for the period 1 January 2006 to the
present day, you would please disclose to me;

1) Correspondence (letters, fax, email etc) between Baroness Shriti
Vadera and Phorm

2) Correspondence (letter, fax, email etc) between Baroness Shriti
Vadera and BT, concerning Phorm and/or trials of 121Media products

3) Correspondence (letter, fax, email etc) between Baroness Shriti
Vadera and Lord Lamont of Lerwick, concerning Phorm and/or trials
of 121Media products

4) Correspondence (letter, fax, email etc) between Baroness Shriti
Vadera and Gordon Brown MP, concerning Phorm and/or trials of
121Media products

5) Correspondence (letter, fax, email etc) between Baroness Shriti
Vadera and Lord Peter Mandleson, concerning Phorm and/or trials of
121Media products

6) Correspondence (letter, fax, email etc) between Baroness Shriti
Vadera and Patricia Hewitt MP, concerning Phorm and/or trials of
121Media products

7) Dates/agendas/minutes/ministerial briefing notes of meetings
between Baroness Shriti Vadera, and the executive/non-executive
management of Phorm

8) Dates/agendas/minutes/ministerial briefing notes of meetings
between Baroness Shriti Vadera, and the executive/non-executive
management of British Telecom (including Patricia Hewitt MP).

As requested, I am happy to elaborate a list of the BT Executives
and Non-Executives of interest in item 8. I would be grateful if
you would consider the following BT executives in the context of
item 8;

BT Executives

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Michael Rake (Chairman)

Maarten van den Bergh (former Deputy Chairman)

Ben Verwaayen (former Chief Executive BT Group)

Ian Livingston (Chief Executive BT Group)

Gavin Patterson (Chief Executive BT Retail)

Hanif Lalani (Director BTGS)

Andy Green (former Director BTGS)

Francois Barrault (former Director BTGS)

Emma Sanderson (Director of Value Added Services)

Tim O'Sullivan (Director of BT Public Affairs)

Andrew Parker (Company Secretary)

Non-Executives

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Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP Senior Independent Director)

Tony Ball (Non-Executive Director)

Matti Alahuhta (former Non-Executive Director)

Carl G Symon (Non-Executive Director)

Clayton Brendish (Non-Executive Director)

Phil Hodkinson (Non-Executive Director)

Deborah Lathen (Non-Executive Director)

Eric Daniels (Non-Executive Director)

many thanks,
regards
P John

Dear Mr Balchin,

many thanks.

Noted and accepted that Baroness Vadera joined BERR in January
2008, from a role in International Development.

Yours sincerely,

P. John

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Department for
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform's handling of my FOI
request 'Shriti Vadera and Phorm'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/sh...

Please could I ask you to reconsider this request.

I am aware Tim O'Sullivan, BT's Director of PR, stated in an email
to David Hendon (dated 23 April 2008 18:01, disclosed in earlier
FoI requests);

"Do you think we should have any concern that Malcolm says there
have been no discussions with BT (which might imply none between BT
and BERR) when Shriti and ??? have discussed?"

If Shriti Vadera has met with and/or discussed the controversy
concerning Phorm with a senior employee of BT, it seems likely
there would be associated correspondence (both before and
afterward).

I would be most grateful if you would identify the person at BT
with whom Shriti Vadera discussed Phorm, and the date of that
conversation.

Specifically: confirm or deny, that the discussion was with Ian
Livingston, Chief Executive of BT.

Yours faithfully,

P. John

See this FoI response for details of the 23 April 2008 18:01
correspondence from Tim O'Sullivan to David Hendon;

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/13...

Dear Mr. Balchin,

many thanks, I look forward to the conclusion of the internal
review.

Yours sincerely,

P. John

Dear Mr. Rutnam, Ms. Singh

many thanks for your belated reply.

The ICO offers this guidance; "Information which is about the home
or family life of an individual, his or her personal finances, or
consists of personal references, is likely to deserve protection.
By contrast, information which is about someone acting in an
official or work capacity should normally be provided on request
unless there is some risk to the individual concerned."

I asked you to identify a person who was clearly acting in their
work capacity. Given the ICO guidance above, which says a person
acting in an official or work capacity should normally be
identified, I'm disappointed you felt it necessary to conceal the
name of the senior BT employee from me.

Particularly someone at BT who was engaged with a Government
Minister on such a controversial topic, even involving alleged
criminal misconduct by BT.

I look forward to the prosecution, conviction, and imprisonment of
everyone who was involved in the corruption surrounding the
BT/Phorm scandal, and the flagrant criminal misconduct of the past
4 years.

It is an utter disgrace.

Yours sincerely,

P. John