British Broadcasting Corporation

A public corporation, a media organisation and a body with a royal charter, also called BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a public broadcaster in the UK and one of the largest broadcasting organisation in the world.^[1] The BBC is funded by the TV licence fee that is paid by UK households and business who have televisions.^[1] The BBC is independent from direct government intervention, its activities being overseen by the BBC Board and regulated by Ofcom.^[2] The BBC provides nine national TV channels (BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News, BBC Parliament, and, BBC Alba) as well as radio broadcasting, BBC Online and BBC iPlayer.^[3]

‘TV Licensing’ is a trade mark of the BBC and is used under licence by companies paid to administer the collection of TV licence fees and enforcement of TV licensing on behalf of the BBC.^[4]

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 you have the right to information held by the BBC except for information the BBC holds for the purposes of journalism, art or literature.

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TV licence dispensation

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to G Kanter-Webber on 11 October 2022.

Partially successful.

Dear G Kanter-Webber Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20221005. Kind regards Informat...

Age Profile of TV Licence Fee Payers

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Stephen Platt on 20 April 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Platt, Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230483....

Carbon Footprint ( tonnes of co2 ) of BBC 1 Series

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Kenn Winter on 14 April 2023.

Refused.

Dear Kenn Winter, Thank you for your email. As stated in our response to your Freedom of Information request, the BBC does not offer an internal...

Manufacturers and other service providers

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Peter Brooks on 16 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear Mr Brooks Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20230307. Yours sincerely Information...

Was BBC employees/freelancers paid when they didn't turn up for work on the 11th of March?

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Gavin Smith on 6 April 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Smith, Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230387....

Number of complaints made in relation to Gary Lineker debacle

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Carrie Trew on 6 April 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Ms Trew, Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230366....

HMRC tax disputes

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Abdul Hai on 5 April 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Abdul Hai, Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20230333. Yours sincerely, Informatio...

BBC Director General Time Davie's interview

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to John Wallace on 3 April 2023.

Information not held.

Dear Mr Wallace, Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230392. Yours sincerely, Informat...

Telly Treasures - EastEnders - Pat Butcher’s earrings

Follow up sent to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr T Morgan on 3 April 2023.

Refused.

Dear FOI Enquiries, Thank you for your reply. However, I do not believe that the earrings worn by Pat in her final scene with Janine (as shown in the...

Match of the day

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Richard Norrie on 3 April 2023.

Refused.

Dear Mr Norrie, Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230407. Yours sincerely, Informati...

Complaints Framework - Annex B

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to A Willmore on 3 April 2023.

Successful.

Dear Mr Willmore Thank you for your patience. Please find attached the response to your internal review (IR2023009). Kind regards Information Rights...

How many complaints have been received against a specific program

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to NA on 22 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear NA, Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230314. Yours sincerely, Information Righ...

Age profile of BBC licence fee payers

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Helen Pollard on 29 March 2023.

Information not held.

Dear Ms Pollard, Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230280....

Number of TV licence free prosecutions broken down by gender and age

Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Henrietta Taylor. Annotated by J Roberts on 29 March 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay answered this question from Lord Smith of Hindhead: UIN HL6700, tabled on 21 March 2023 'To ask His Majesty's Governm...

Information on TV Show 'Inside the Foreign Office'

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to tarik on 21 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear Tarik Ata, Thank you for your email. Please be advised that the FOI Act does not provide that requests made for academic purposes should be...

Ticketmaster and the BBC

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Lucas Johnston on 28 March 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Lucas Johnston, Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20230304. Yours sincerely, Infor...

Annual energy consumption across all platforms.

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to S Newbury on 24 March 2023.

Information not held.

Dear S Newbury, Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20230431. Yours sincerely, Informatio...

What are the requirements for the right to reply?

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Keith Kennaugh on 22 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear Keith Kennaugh, Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20230365. Yours sincerely, Infor...

Spend on original comedy on BBC Radio 4

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to John Smith on 23 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear John Smith, Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI2023...

Access to Information Department

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Jacob Paul on 22 March 2023.

Successful.

Dear Jacob Paul, Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20230273. Yours sincerely, Informati...

BBC Nominations Committee meetings (2020/21)

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Joseph Lloyd on 21 March 2023.

Successful.

Dear Mr Lloyd Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230115. Yours sincerely Information Rights, BBC...

Shamima Begum

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to jason shopland on 27 January 2023.

Awaiting internal review.

Dear Jason, Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230067. Yours sincerely, Information R...

Funding provided to BBC by George Soros

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Devika Chopra on 15 March 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Devika Chopra, Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230239. Yours sincerely, Infor...

BBC Radio cessation of Shoutcast (MP3) streams

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Peter Brooks on 10 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear Peter Brooks, Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20...

BBC Radio Streaming Technologies

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Peter Brooks on 10 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear Peter Brooks, Thank you for your email as below. As mentioned in our response letter for RFI20230191, we do not offer an internal review, whereb...

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