Dear Raouf Alebshehy,

Thank you for your information request, received on the 20 February 2023.

Reference 6656 has been applied to your request which will be looked into
and a response provided within 20 full working days.

Should you have any queries in the meantime, please contact the Freedom of
Information Team at [1][Braintree District Council request email]

Kind regards,

Victoria Alexander

Performance & Information Officer

Braintree District Council | Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7
9HB

 01376 552525| [2]www.braintree.gov.uk

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2. http://www.braintree.gov.uk/

Dear Raouf Alebshehy,

I am writing regarding your information request received by Braintree
District Council on the 20/02/2023, case reference 6656.

Your request for information has been processed under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA). The Act enables access to information held by the
Council, subject to exemptions contained within the Act. The Act does not
require the Council to create information to respond to a request if the
requested information is not held, nor to give an opinion or comment.

Please find our response to your request below:

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.

None. The Council hold no information in regard to contact with any of
those listed in the request.

Right of internal review: If you are dissatisfied with the handling of
your request please contact us in writing, within 40 days of the receipt
of a full response, at: Emma Wisbey Governance and Member Manager,
Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex,
CM7 9HB. Or e-mail: [1][Braintree District Council request email]

Right to appeal: Should you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of any
internal review, you have a right of appeal under S50 of the Freedom of
Information Act to appeal against the decision by contacting the
Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF. Or
e-mail: [2][email address]

Kind regards,

Victoria Alexander

Performance & Information Officer

Braintree District Council | Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7
9HB

 01376 552525| www.braintree.gov.uk

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2. mailto:[email address]