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29 September 2021
Dear Mr Pendergast
We are now in a position to respond to your freedom of information request of 27 July
2021 and we again appreciate your patience in this matter.
Please find attached the minutes for all meetings held by the Royal Mint Advisory Committee
(
RMAC) in the 2018/19 annual reporting period.
You will note that we have made some very minor redactions in the minutes, applying the
sections 40 and 43 Freedom of Information Act (
FOIA) exemptions – ‘Personal
Information’ and ‘Commercial Interests’ respectively.
Primarily the redacted text relates to actual names attributable to specific comments of
RMAC members which engages the section 40 FOIA exemption.
The other redactions relate to arrangements with artists. Whilst Section 40 is an absolute
exemption, Section 43 is, of course, a qualified exemption, so we are obliged to carry out a
public interest test here. In this case, if this information were disclosed, it would be likely to
prejudice the commercial interests of The Royal Mint in terms of future engagements with
artists We would see no public interest in disclosure of this information having regard to the
clear potential harm to the commercial interests of The Royal Mint.
We, of course, hope you find the information disclosed to be of interest. However, if you
are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal
review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of
receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
Mr Huw Lewis
Chief Financial Officer
Royal Mint
Llantrisant
Pontyclun
CF72 8YT
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Please be aware that the
Commissioner will be unlikely to make a decision until you have been through our internal
complaints procedure first. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
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Kind regards
Yours sincerely
FOI Team
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