Dear Sir or Madam

Please can you provide the following information regarding
sponsorship funding from BP.

I would like to know the total amount of annual sponsorship money
from BP given to The Tate Gallery; please state the percentage of
total corporate sponsorship and the percentage of total running
costs that this figure represents. I would be grateful if you could
provide these figures for each of the past five years.

Please provide any information or reports regarding environmental,
‘reputational’ or similar audits conducted by the gallery relating
to BP’s sponsorship.

I would also like to know when the contract or agreement for
sponsorship with BP is scheduled for renewal.

Please can you confirm (with amounts) sponsorship funding to the
gallery from any other oil, coal mining, petrochemical or
pharmaceutical companies.

Yours faithfully, John Volynchook

Dear John Volynchook,

Thank you for your request for information. Your request (our ref. 177)
was received on 22 October. We are dealing with it under the terms of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and we will send you a response
within 20 working days.
With respect to the second part of your enquiry, requesting information
about "sponsorship funding to the gallery from any other oil, coal
mining, petrochemical or pharmaceutical companies", could you please be
more specific about your request?

We provide a full list of sponsors in our annual reports, which are
published in our website. Please feel free to consult this document and
get back to us with a more specific enquiry.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me.

Sincerely yours,

Lidia Bravo-Galvan
Policy and Planning Co-ordinator
+44(0) 20 7887 8965

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Dear FOI,

With regard to my request to The Tate Gallery.

Please disregard the the second part of my enquiry in respect of
information about sponsorship funding from any other oil, coal
mining, petrochemical or pharmaceutical companies.

Yours sincerely,

John Volynchook

Dear John Volynchook,

Please find attached the response to your recent Freedom of Information
request.

Kind regards,

Jason Becker
Head of Operations, Development
+44(0) 20 7887 3937

<http://www.tate.org.uk/>

www.tate.org.uk <http://www.tate.org.uk/>

Please note that any information sent, received or held by Tate may be
disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

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 The Tate Gallery's
handling of my FOI request 'Sponsorship Funding from BP'.

My reasons for asking an internal review of this request are that
in accordance with FOI guidelines, the exemption as given by Jason
Becker only applies if a breach of confidence would be
"actionable". Any such breach of confidence will only be
"actionable" if a person could bring an action and be successful.
The courts have recognised that a person will not succeed in an
action for breach of confidence if the public interest in
disclosure outweighs the public interest in keeping the confidence
as I believe to be the case in this instance.

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

Yours sincerely,

John Volynchook

Dear John Volynchook,

Thank you for your request for an internal review of FoI request
'Sponsorship Funding from BP' (our ref. 177). This was received on 21
November 2008. We will aim to get back to you within 20 working days,
and in any case no later than within 40 working days since the reception
of your e-mail.

If you have any queries about this letter, please do not hesitate to
contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Lidia Bravo-Galvan
Policy and Planning Co-ordinator
+44(0) 20 7887 8965

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Dear John,

I am writing to request an extension to 16th January 2009 for your FOI
internal review request. Colleagues have been working on this request
on your behalf but due to staff sickness and the holiday period we do
not think we will be able to supply you with a response in the given
time. I'd be most grateful if you'd acknowledge receipt of my email via
the address above.

Kind regards,

Jason

Jason Becker
Head of Operations, Development
+44(0) 20 7887 3937

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Dear Jason Becker,

I write to acknowledge your correspondence of 19 December and to
accept the current delay to my FOI internal review request to The
Tate Gallery. I look forward to a response in due course and would
be grateful if you could keep me informed of any progress or
expected reply dates when available.

Yours sincerely,

John Volynchook