Tanya Bryon
Dear Department for Education,
From the information you hold, how much was was Dr Tanya Byron paid for her landmark report ‘Safer Children in a Digital World’, published in March 2008,
Yours faithfully,
Annette Foster
Dear Ms Foster
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Department for Education
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Dear Ms Foster,
Thank you for your request for information, which was received on 18/01/2015. You requested
"From the information you hold, how much was Tanya Byron paid for her landmark report
'Safer Children in a Digital World', published in March 2008.
The Department paid £100,800 (excluding VAT) to Dr Byron (care of the Doris Partnership Ltd
which represents her) for this independent review into the protection of children from
potentially harmful and inappropriate material on the internet and in video games.
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