Coronavirus

Dr Emma L Briant made this Freedom of Information request to Home Office This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Home Office should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dr Emma L Briant

Dear Home Office,

Please could I ask how many private contractors of the present Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU) have been assigned to countering coronavirus disinformation since December 2019. How much are the contracts worth? Which contractors?

Yours faithfully,

Dr Emma L Briant

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Dear Dr Emma L Briant,

Thank you for contacting the Home Office with your request.

This has been assigned to a caseworker (case ref 58737). We will aim to send you a full response by 10/06/2020 which is twenty working days from the date we received your request.

If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you,

N McKenzie
Home Office

-----Original Message-----
From: Dr Emma L Briant <[FOI #664494 email]>
Sent: 12 May 2020 13:41
To: FOI Requests <[Home Office request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Coronavirus

Dear Home Office,

Please could I ask how many private contractors of the present Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU) have been assigned to countering coronavirus disinformation since December 2019. How much are the contracts worth? Which contractors?

Yours faithfully,

Dr Emma L Briant

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Dear Dr Briant,

Please be aware that the decision has been taken to amalgamated your FoI requests, case refs.: 58637 and 58737 together under one reference. As a result, case ref 58737 has been cancelled and will be processed under case ref 58736.

You should still expect to receive a response by 10 June 2020, which is twenty working days from the date of your requests.

Kind regards,

P. Zebedee
FOI Requests
Home Office

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From: FOI Requests
Sent: 12 May 2020 13:47
To: 'Dr Emma L Briant' <[FOI #664494 email]>
Subject: FOI 58737 - (Dr Emma L Briant) - 2020-05-12 - (Acknowledgement)

Dear Dr Emma L Briant,

Thank you for contacting the Home Office with your request.

This has been assigned to a caseworker (case ref 58737). We will aim to send you a full response by 10/06/2020 which is twenty working days from the date we received your request.

If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you,

N McKenzie
Home Office

-----Original Message-----
From: Dr Emma L Briant <[FOI #664494 email]>
Sent: 12 May 2020 13:41
To: FOI Requests <[Home Office request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Coronavirus

Dear Home Office,

Please could I ask how many private contractors of the present Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU) have been assigned to countering coronavirus disinformation since December 2019. How much are the contracts worth? Which contractors?

Yours faithfully,

Dr Emma L Briant

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