Value of Donation To Conservatives related to Telecom Industry

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Dear Electoral Commission,

Please advise:

1. how much money was donated to the Conservative party in total, for each of the last 3 years, from individuals or companies with links to the telecommunication industry?

2. what percentage do the values in 1. above represent in relation to the total value of donations in each of those years respectively.

Yours faithfully,

Miss Elide Job

FOI, Electoral Commission

Dear Miss Elide Job,
 
Our Ref: FOI 148-19
 
Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act dated
Sunday 02 June 2019 (received by the Commission on 03 June 2019,
concerning:
 
1. how much money was donated to the Conservative party in total, for each
of the last 3 years, from individuals or companies with links to the
telecommunication industry?
 
2. what percentage do the values in 1. above represent in relation to the
total value of donations in each of those years respectively.
 
The Commission aims to respond to requests for information promptly and
within the statutory timeframe of twenty working days.
 
You may expect to receive a reply sent from the Commission by 01 July
2019.
 
Please note that your request located under point 2 cannot be considered a
valid request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The Freedom of Information Act covers recorded information only. A public
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create or to research for data.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Daniel Howard
 
Daniel Howard
Access to Information Officer (FOI and DPA)
 
The Electoral Commission
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FOI, Electoral Commission

Dear Miss Job,

 

Our Ref: FOI-148-19

 

Thank you for your email to the Electoral Commission dated 02/06/2019.

 

The Commission aims to respond to requests for information promptly and
has done so within the statutory timeframe of twenty working days.

 

Your request is in bold below followed by our response.

 

1. how much money was donated to the Conservative party in total, for each
of the last 3 years, from individuals or companies with links to the
telecommunication industry?

2. what percentage do the values in 1. above represent in relation to the
total value of donations in each of those years respectively.

Our response is as follows:

 

We hold some of the information you have requested.

 

The information you have requested is already in the public domain, and is
therefore exempt under section 21 of the Act.

 

Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act provides for an exemption
where the information requested is already reasonably accessible to the
applicant.

 

All donations to the Conservative Party reported to the Commission are
published on our website here:

 

[1]http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk...

 

You can search the information by party, and/or by unique search terms
such as donor names. You can search for a specific period of time. We do
not hold the statistical information you have requested, nor do we hold
information as to whether donors have links with the telecommunication
industry. You would need to analyse the donor data yourself to identify
the information you are seeking.

 

I trust that this information satisfies your request. The Commission
strives to be an open, transparent authority, but in some circumstances we
cannot responsibly release requested information, and we ask for your
understanding in this regard.

If you are not satisfied with this response, please note that the
Commission operates a review procedure, details of which can be found on
the Commission website at:
[2]http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/ab...

Please also note that if you have exhausted all internal Commission review
procedures and you are still not satisfied you have the right to appeal to
the Information Commissioner. Details of this procedure can be found on
the ICO website: [3]https://ico.org.uk/

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Hamish Love

Complaints and FOI Support Officer

The Electoral Commission
[4][email address]

 

 

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