British Broadcasting Corporation

A public corporation and a media organisation, 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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Failure to provide the public with vital health information.
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Annette Alison on .

Long overdue.

Dear Annette,   Thank you for your email. As stated in our response, the BBC does not offer an internal review when the information requested is n...
Settlement Agreements
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Caroline Barlow on .

Partially successful.

Dear Ms Barlow,                                              Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20201...
Chris Packham using the BBC to promote his political view of shooting and wildlife conservation
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Simon Williams on .

Refused.

Dear Simon Williams,                                              Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI...
Sports Personality of the Year Voting & Costs
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Richard Hobson on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Richard Hobson,   Please find attached our response to your request for information reference [1]RFI20202012.   Yours sincerely,  ...
Britbox cost
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Mr G on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Powell,                                              Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20202...
Number of complaints for Lack of News Coverage Concerning the Climate Crisis 2019
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Charlotte Trenaman on .

Refused.

Dear Ms Trenaman,   Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20192031.   Yours sincerely,   Informat...
Activist
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Callum Cromwell on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Cromwell,   Please find attached our response to your requests for information reference RFI20200795 and RFI20200796.   Yours sincerel...
Viewing figures for the Clydach Murders
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Dean Powell on .

Refused.

Dear Dean,   Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20201660.   Yours sincerely,   Information Rig...
Cost of eastenders set
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Douglas Grant on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Grant,   Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20191950.   Yours sincerely,   Information...
BBC portable iPlayer use locations
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to P. Dawson on .

Successful.

Dear P Dawson,   Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20201730.   Yours sincerely,   Informatio...
percentage split of BBC south east news stories between Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex between 1/01/2018 -31/12/2020
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Anthony J Smith on .

Refused.

Dear Anthony J Smith,                                              Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RF...
BBC Press Officers
Follow up sent to British Broadcasting Corporation by A Willmore on .

Successful.

Many thanks for your recent response to my FOI request. It was only a few days ago that I checked the contents of the linked BBC Press Office page...
Third party data sourced and used by TV Licensing (2)
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Mr Hillas on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Hillas   Please find attached the BBC’s response to your Freedom of Information Internal Review request.   Yours sincerely   Infor...
Fiona Campbell’s missing diaries
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to David Harper on .

Long overdue.

Dear David,   Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20201933.   Yours sincerely,   Information Ri...
How many Gaelic speakers watch women's football on BBC Alba
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Stuart B on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Stuart,   Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20201896.   Yours sincerely,   Information...
Usage of songs since the 1st January
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to J.G.D on .

Refused.

Dear J.G.D. Freedom of Information Act 2000 – RFI20152110 Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act (‘the Act’) of 10 Decembe...
Spending on BBC World Service
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Andrew Craig. Annotated by J Flynn on .

Refused.

Quite right re the review procedure, I missed that bit.
Susan Michie Membership Of The Communist Party Of Britain
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Sean Moran on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Moran, Please see attached the BBC's internal review of its FOI response to you. Sincerely, Information Rights BBC Legal Freedom of Informa...
Fairytale of New York
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to TTB611 on .

Refused.

Dear T Bellamy,   Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20201805.   Yours sincerely,   Informati...
Balanced journalism
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Steve Edge on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Edge   Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20161094     Yours sincerely, The Informati...
please disclose ANY and ALL funding by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundations.
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Sara Smith on .

Partially successful.

Dear Sara Smith,                                              Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI2020...
Cost of recent visit to Treorchy for Covid report
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Nicola Lund on .

Refused.

Dear Ms Lund,                                              Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI2020182...
Science Budget
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to John Bradley on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Bradley,   Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20201850.   Yours sincerely,   Informat...
Gender Pay Gap
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Dillon Crawford on .

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Crawford,                                              Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI202...
Number of complaints received about Horizon “Britain’s next air disaster:Drones?”
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Tim Myers on .

Refused.

Dear Sir/Madam,   Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20191183.   Yours sincerely,   Informatio...

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