BBC News email addresses
Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 can you provide information regarding the following:
- How many individuals employed by BBC News and issued with a bbc.co.uk email address, used an alternative, non-BBC email address such as gmail.com, to make 'access to information requests' (FOIA/EIR) to other public organisations, for the purposes of obtaining information for BBC News?
Please provide numerical figures for the following years:
1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
1 January 2023 to current date (26 October 2023)
- Please provide the section of any policy you hold that outlines where a BBC employee is permitted to use a non-BBC email address for the purposes of BBC work related matters.
If my request is considered to exceed the statutory limit under Section 12 of the FOIA (ie 18 hours at a maximum spend of £450 for an officers time) then please provide information up to that limit.
If the information I have requested is publicly available and you are considering exercising a Section 21 FOIA exemption, under the 'duty to assist' please provide readily accessible means to obtain the information such as weblinks.
Yours faithfully,
Al Paul
Dear AI Paul,
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 26 October 2023. 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 RFI20231410.
Kind regards,
Information Rights, BBC Legal
First Floor,Wogan House,
99 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 7NY
Dear Al,
Please find attached our response to your request for information,
reference RFI20231410.
Yours sincerely
BBC Information Rights
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Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of British Broadcasting Corporation's handling of my FOI request 'BBC News email addresses'.
I do not accept that the BBC holds no information regarding BBC News employees using personal email addresses such as gmail.com for making access to information requests such as FOIA/EIR to other public organisations.
I also do not accept that the BBC as an organisation does not hold any information relating any form of policy relating to the use of a non-BBC issued email address for work related purposes.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/b...
Yours faithfully,
Al Paul
Dear Al Paul,
Thank you for your request for an internal review into the handling of
your FOI request. We will deal with your request as promptly as possible.
We aim to respond within 20 working days of receipt but please note that
public authorities can take up to 40 working days for complex reviews. If
you have any queries about your request for internal review, please
contact us at the email address [1][BBC request email], quoting your
reference number IR2023060.
Yours sincerely,
Information Rights, BBC Legal
Address: First Floor | Wogan House | 99 Great Portland Street | London |
W1W 7NY
Dear Mr Paul
I refer to the BBC’s pending decision in IR2023060.
ICO Guidance states that public authorities should endeavour to provide a
decision on internal review within 20 working days of receipt of the
request, but can extend that deadline by an additional 20 working days
where the decision requires addressing complex issues, consulting with
third parties or considering substantial amounts of information.
Please be advised that the BBC requires additional time to consider the
response and provide you with a decision. We will endeavour to provide you
with a decision as soon as possible, but within an additional 20 working
days at latest.
Kind regards,
From: FOI Enquiries
Sent: 17 November 2023 10:07
To: Al Paul <[FOI #1041561 email]>
Subject: IR2023060 - Internal review acknowledgement
Dear Al Paul,
Thank you for your request for an internal review into the handling of
your FOI request. We will deal with your request as promptly as possible.
We aim to respond within 20 working days of receipt but please note that
public authorities can take up to 40 working days for complex reviews. If
you have any queries about your request for internal review, please
contact us at the email address [1][BBC request email], quoting your
reference number IR2023060.
Yours sincerely,
Information Rights, BBC Legal
Address: First Floor | Wogan House | 99 Great Portland Street | London |
W1W 7NY
Dear Al Paul
Please find attached our response to your Internal Review request IR2023060.
Yours sincerely
Information Rights, BBC Legal
Address: First Floor | Wogan House | 99 Great Portland Street | London | W1W 7NY
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