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The request was refused by British Broadcasting Corporation.

Mr John Lewington

Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,

Will you please provide both the day and the dates since January 2014 that has the BBC has given space and coverage to the issues and personal stories of the LGBGT genderqueer community on what is considered to be the main page of the BBC news website?

Yours faithfully,

J. Lewington

FOI Enquiries, British Broadcasting Corporation

Dear John,

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, as detailed in your email below. Your request was received on 17/04/9. We will deal with your request as promptly as possible, and at the latest within 20 working days. If you have any queries about your request, please contact us at the address below.

The reference number for your request is RFI20190701.

Kind regards,

Information Rights

BBC Freedom of Information
BC2 A4, Broadcast Centre
201 Wood Lane
London W12 7TP

www.bbc.co.uk/foi
Email: [BBC request email]

Tel: 020 8008 2882

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FOI Enquiries, British Broadcasting Corporation

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Dear John

Please find attached the response to your request for information,
reference RFI20190701.

 

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights

 

BBC Freedom of Information

BC2 A4, Broadcast Centre

201 Wood Lane

London W12 7TP

 

Website: [1]www.bbc.co.uk/foi

Email: [2]mailto:[BBC request email]

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Mr John Lewington

Dear BBC FOI Enquiries,

Thank you for your reply.

You attachment states that the BBC has a long tradition of making information available and accessible and also seeks to be open and accountable. And yet, given the first opportunity it prefers not to be answerable at all to specific questions posed by the public, citing that the Freedom of Information act only covers information *other* than those held for journalism or literature.

Considering the BBC is primarIly a public news and information service I find this statement enlightening as i am sure other shall.

The attachment made clear that ‘it is important to bear this in mind when considering the freedom of information act and how it applies to the BBC’ and that ‘the act does not apply to information held for the purposes of ‘creating’ BBC output’

I’m sure it doesn’t.

Once again I thank you for your time and while you did not intend to answer my original freedom of information request, you did so most succinctly.

Regards

J. Lewington