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Paul Atkinson
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx 18 June 2021
Dear Mr Atkinson,
Freedom of Information Request - RFI20210926
Thank you for your request to the BBC of 24 May 2021 seeking the following information
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’):
Please can you disclose the BBC policies/procedures/guidelines that cover a member of your
staff, signing up to be, or becoming, a Covert Human Intelligence Source for the police, as
defined by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (2000), during the course of their
employment by the BBC.
If no such policy exists, what procedure would the BBC follow if a member of staff informed
their line manager that they had signed up to be, or had become, a Covert Human
Intelligence Source for the police, as defined by RIPA?
In response to the first part of your request, under section 1(1) of the Act, we can confirm
that the BBC does not hold this information.
With regards to the second part of your request, please be advised that the Freedom of
Information Act gives a general right of access to al types of recorded information held by
public authorities. As this is not a request for recorded information, and we are not required
to create new information to respond to a request, or give a judgement or opinion that is not
already recorded, we cannot provide the information you have asked for in this part of your
request.
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Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, Tel: 0303 123 1113 or see
https://ico.org.uk/. Yours sincerely
Information Rights
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