Contacts with tobacco industry

Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody did not have the information requested.

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

iap, Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody

Good morning

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request below.

I can confirm that the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody has not had any contact with any of the organisations listed below.

Appeal Rights

If you are not satisfied with this response you have the right to request an internal review by responding in writing to the email address [IAP request email] within two months of the date of this response with the subject title: for the attention of the Head of Secretariat, Ministerial Council on Deaths in Custody.

You do have the right to ask the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to investigate any aspect of your complaint. However, please note that the ICO is likely to expect internal complaints procedures to have been exhausted before beginning their investigation.

Regards,
Kish

Kish Hyde (she/her)
Deputy Head of Ministerial Council on Deaths in Custody

Room 7.30, 102 Petty France
London SW1H 9AJ
Tel: 07970 306567
www.iapondeathsincustody.org

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