Trinity mirror group

Dear Mr. Andrews

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2009120001766
I write in connection with your request for information which was received
by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 07/12/2009. I note you seek
access to the following information:

* "Dear Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), Please provide the following
information for each of the last five years;
* 1. How much money has been spent with the Hillingdon Gazette and
Leader newspaper?
* 2. How much money has been spent with any of the Trinity Mirror group
or it's associated companies?
* 3. What is the total advertising/media spend for the Metropolitan
Police?
* 4. Please itemise the total advertising/media spend for the
Metropolitan Police
* Yours faithfully, Mr Andrews ."

Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the Act). You will receive a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act,
subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference
to a third party. In some circumstances the MPS may be unable to
achieve this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and
given a revised time-scale at the earliest opportunity.

Some requests may also require either full or partial transference to
another public authority in order to answer your query in the fullest
possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.

COMPLAINT RIGHTS

Your attention is drawn to the attached sheet, which details your
right of complaint.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please
contact me at the above e-mail address, quoting the reference number
above.

Yours sincerely

R. Loizou
Administrative Support Officer
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Ask to have the decision looked at again ***

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regarding access to information you can lodge a complaint with the MPS
to have the decision reviewed.

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FOI Complaint
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The Information Commissioner

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been dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the Act.

For information on how to make application to the Information
Commissioner please visit their website at
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk. Alternatively, phone or write to:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Phone: 01625 545 700

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Dear Mr. Andrews,

Thank you for your e-mail. Please accept our apologies for the delay in
responding to your request.

Your Freedom of Information request has been allocated to a case worker.
I will ask him to contact you as soon as possible and update you on your
request.

With kind regards,

Rozmarie.

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Dear Mr Andrews

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2009120001766

I write in connection with your request for information, dated 7 December
2009, which was received by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on
07/12/2009. I note you seek access to the following information:

** Dear Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), Please provide the
following information for each of the last five years; 1. How much
money has been spent with the Hillingdon Gazette and Leader newspaper?
2. How much money has been spent with any of the Trinity Mirror group or
it's associated companies? 3. What is the total advertising/media
spend for the Metropolitan Police? 4. Please itemise the total
advertising/media spend for the Metropolitan Police Yours faithfully,
Mr Andrews

DECISION

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request.

1. How much money has been spent with the Hillingdon Gazette and Leader
newspaper?

A. We have no record of any expenditure with the newspaper quoted. The
requested information is therefore not held by the MPS. However, as part
of the duty to assist, I can confirm that the following amounts have been
paid to Trinity Mirror Southern, which includes the Uxbridge Gazette
within its titles:

2004-05 **53,551
2005-06 **46,433
2006-07 **23,474
2007-08 **17,469
2008-09 **25,390

2. How much money has been spent with any of the Trinity Mirror group or
it's associated companies?

A. We have undertaken various searches of our vendor codes to identify any
expenditure in addition to that given in the previous answer, and have not
been able to locate any further expenditure with Trinity Mirror Group.

3. What is the total advertising/media spend for the Metropolitan Police?

4. Please itemise the total advertising/media spend for the Metropolitan
Police.

With regard to question 3 and 4, this information is exempt by virtue of
section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act (Information available by
other means), as it is published on the MPA website. The formal refusal
notice for this information is contained in the 'Legal Appendix' section
below; however, to assist you, I have provided links to the requested
information, which is contained in the published MPA Accounts for each of
the last 5 years. With regard to question 4, the costs are broken down
between staff recruitment advertising and other publicity costs
(publications advertising the MPA and MPS in local press, attending
community events and monitoring press reports of the MPA and MPS).

http://www.mpa.gov.uk/downloads/publicat... (page
33 - Item 8 Notes to the Financial Statements)

http://www.mpa.gov.uk/downloads/publicat... (page 30
- Item 8 Notes to the Financial Statements)

http://www.mpa.gov.uk/downloads/publicat... (page
28 - Item 8 Notes to the Financial Statements)

http://www.mpa.gov.uk/downloads/publicat... (page
24 - Item 8 Notes to the Financial Statements)

http://www.mpa.gov.uk/downloads/publicat... (page
22 - Item 8 Notes to the Financial Statements)

I hope you will find this information useful.

LEGAL APPENDIX

This serves as a Refusal Notice for the information requested in Questions
3 and 4.

Section 17(1) of the Act provides:

(1) A public authority which, in relation to any request for information,
is to any extent relying on a claim that any provision of Part II relating
to the duty to confirm or deny is relevant to the request or on a claim
that information is exempt information must, within the time for complying
with section 1(1), give the applicant a notice which-
(a) states that fact,
(b) specifies the exemption in question, and
(c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption
applies.
The information you have requested is exempt by virtue of section 21(1);
this is because the information is already published. I have included
links to the relevant documents where the information can be located.

Section 21 (1) (Information accessible to applicant by other means) of the
Act provides:
(1) Information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant otherwise
than under section 1 is exempt information.

COMPLAINT RIGHTS

Your attention is drawn to the attached sheet which details your right of
complaint.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write
or contact Michael McGuill on telephone number 020 7230 1446 quoting the
reference number above.

Yours sincerely

Michael McGuill
Information Officer
In complying with their statutory duty under sections 1 and 11 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 to release the enclosed information, the
Metropolitan Police Service will not breach the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988. However, the rights of the copyright owner of the
enclosed information will continue to be protected by law. Applications
for the copyright owner's written permission to reproduce any part of the
attached information should be addressed to MPS Directorate of Legal
Services, 1st Floor (Victoria Block), New Scotland Yard, Victoria, London,
SW1H 0BG.
COMPLAINT RIGHTS

Are you unhappy with how your request has been handled or do you think the
decision is incorrect?

You have the right to require the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to
review their decision.

Prior to lodging a formal complaint you are welcome and encouraged to
discuss the decision with the case officer that dealt with your request.

Ask to have the decision looked at again ***

The quickest and easiest way to have the decision looked at again is to
telephone the case officer that is nominated at the end of your decision
letter.

That person will be able to discuss the decision, explain any issues and
assist with any problems.

Complaint

If you are dissatisfied with the handling procedures or the decision of
the MPS made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) regarding
access to information you can lodge a complaint with the MPS to have the
decision reviewed.

Complaints should be made in writing and addressed to:

FOI Complaint
Public Access Office
PO Box 57192
London
SW6 1SF

In all possible circumstances the MPS will aim to respond to your
complaint within 40 working days.
The Information Commissioner

After lodging a complaint with the MPS if you are still dissatisfied with
the decision you may make application to the Information Commissioner for
a decision on whether the request for information has been dealt with in
accordance with the requirements of the Act.

For information on how to make application to the Information Commissioner
please visit their website at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
Alternatively, phone or write to:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Phone: 01625 545 700

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