Contacts with tobacco industry

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Dear colleagues,

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please provide a list of any and all contact your organisation and/or staff have had with British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Japan Tobacco International, Philip Morris International, as well as any other domestic or transnational tobacco companies or anyone representing the tobacco industry including subsidiaries of tobacco industry.

I would like this information for the period from 1 April 2021 to 20 February 2023.

Contact would primarily include attending or arranging meetings or functions, and responding to correspondence or phone calls.

Please break down the information by:
• Tobacco company or representative’s name
• Date of contact(s)
• Type of contact (meeting, email, letter, phone call, text/app message or video call, e-card or any other form of electronic communication)
• Place of contact, if relevant
• Purpose of contact
• Outcome of contact, including if no action taken

I request that the information be provided electronically. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request.

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request, my details are outlined below.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Raouf Alebshehy

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Dear Raouf Alebshehy

Your information request (1575)

Thank you for your information request of 20 February 2023. It has been
safely received and logged under the above reference number.

We will be in contact again with a response as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely

Aimee Gasston

Transparency Manager

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Pronouns: she/her/hers

M: +44 7552 863 512 T: +44 20 7851 5046

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From: Raouf Alebshehy <[7][FOI #951723 email]>
Sent: 20 February 2023 13:20
To: Enquiries <[8][The Crown Estate request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Contacts with tobacco industry

Dear colleagues,

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to
which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please provide a list of any and all contact your organisation and/or
staff have had with British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Japan
Tobacco International, Philip Morris International, as well as any other
domestic or transnational tobacco companies or anyone representing the
tobacco industry including subsidiaries of tobacco industry.

I would like this information for the period from 1 April 2021 to 20
February 2023.

Contact would primarily include attending or arranging meetings or
functions, and responding to correspondence or phone calls.

Please break down the information by:
• Tobacco company or representative’s name
• Date of contact(s)
• Type of contact (meeting, email, letter, phone call, text/app message or
video call, e-card or any other form of electronic communication)
• Place of contact, if relevant
• Purpose of contact
• Outcome of contact, including if no action taken

I request that the information be provided electronically. I would be
grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this
request.

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the
information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section
12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations
of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or
phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss
the request, my details are outlined below.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Raouf Alebshehy

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Dear Raouf

Your information request (1575)

Thank you for your email of 20 February 2023 in which you made an
information request about contact between The Crown Estate and various
tobacco companies. We have now carried out searches and can confirm that
we hold no information relating to your request.

I hope this response is helpful. However, if you are not satisfied with
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Yours sincerely

Aimee Gasston

Transparency Manager

Aimee Gasston | Transparency Manager

Pronouns: she/her/hers

M: +44 7552 863 512 T: +44 20 7851 5046

[2]The Crown Estate

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From: Raouf Alebshehy <[8][FOI #951723 email]>
Sent: 20 February 2023 13:20
To: Enquiries <[9][The Crown Estate request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Contacts with tobacco industry