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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx 25 August 2020
Dear Sir/Madam,
Freedom of Information request – RFI20201102 Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act (‘the Act’) dated 30 July
seeking the following:
1. How much has the Gates Foundation donated to the BBC in each of the last twenty years?
Please give the original figures and the figures adjusted for inflation.
The BBC does not consider this to be a valid request under section 8 of the Act as you have
not provided what we consider to be a valid name.
For a request to be valid it must state the following:
- name
- address for correspondence
- clearly describe the information requested
- legible
- in writing
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