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Dear Raouf Alebshehy

Your request dated 20^th February for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Our reference: FOI 9588

 

Thank you for your above request and apologies for the delayed response.

 

In your correspondence you have requested the information set out below
and in what follows I set out the Council’s response:

 

(1)        REQUEST

 

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

 

 

(2)        RESPONSE

 

There has been no contact with as of the above industries therefore the
response is Nil.

 

Further information explaining the Council’s process for responding to
information requests is available on our website at
http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/open-data....

Should you have any further queries or information needs, or if you are
unhappy about the way your request has been handled, then please do not
hesitate to contact me, or the Council’s Legal Governance department at:
[Dacorum Borough Council request email], quoting reference FOI XXXX, please.

I would confirm that, pursuant to Section 50 of the FOIA, you may apply to
the Information Commissioner for a decision whether, in any specified
respect, your request for information has been dealt with in accordance
with the requirements of Part 1 of the FOIA. The Commissioner would of
course make a decision on any application unless certain circumstances
apply, one of which is that the relevant public authority’s complaints
procedure has not been exhausted. I would confirm the Information
Commissioner’s contact details are as follows:-

 

The Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

SK9 5AF

 

Helpline: 0303 123 1113

 

Website, with online form: www.ico.gov.uk and email for online complaint:
[email address]

 

If you need further assistance, do please contact me or the information
service, as indicated above.

Yours sincerely.

 

 

Kind regards,

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