Total staff employed at the BBC dealing with diversity in the company and programming and total outlay in salaries and expenses

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Robert Steele Reynolds

Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,

I would like information on the total number of staff (managers, assistants etc) employed at the BBC to oversee DIVERSITY within the company and within BBC programming.

I would also like information on the total amount paid in salaries and expenses to these employees per year.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Steele Reynolds

FOI Enquiries, British Broadcasting Corporation

Dear Robert Steele Reynolds,

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, as detailed in your email below. Your request was received on 6 October 2021. We will deal with your request as promptly as possible, and at the latest within 20 working days. If you have any queries about your request, please contact us at the address below.

The reference number for your request is RFI20211509.

Kind regards,

Information Rights

BBC Freedom of Information
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Email: [email address]

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Steele Reynolds <[FOI #797424 email]>
Sent: 06 October 2021 07:08
To: FOI Enquiries <[BBC request email]>
Subject: RFI20211509 FOI Request - Freedom of Information request - Total staff employed at the BBC dealing with diversity in the company and programming and total outlay in salaries and expenses

Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,

I would like information on the total number of staff (managers, assistants etc) employed at the BBC to oversee DIVERSITY within the company and within BBC programming.

I would also like information on the total amount paid in salaries and expenses to these employees per year.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Steele Reynolds

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Robert Steele Reynolds

Dear FOI Enquiries,
The response I received only gave information of number of employees (ie 14). However, the BBC did not give information on salaries and stated:
"In response to salaries and expenses; we are withholding this information under section 40(2) (personal information) of the Act. Under section 40(2), personal information about identifiable living individuals is exempt if disclosure to a third party would breach one or more principles in the General Data Protection Regulation"
I DID NOT REQUEST SALARY INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUALS, I asked for information on TOTAL OUTLAY IN SALARIES AND EXPENSES for the TOTAL STAFF (allegedly 14 staff) dealing with Diversity and Programming in the company (The BBC).
I would like to receive this information - THE TOTAL OUTLAY IN SALARIES AND EXPENSES - if possible as such a request would not identify any individual it would simply give a total amount of money paid out to staff dealing with Diversity and Programming.

Yours sincerely,

Robert Steele Reynolds

FOI Enquiries, British Broadcasting Corporation

Dear Robert Steele Reynolds,

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, as detailed in your email below. Your request was received on 5 November 2021. We will deal with your request as promptly as possible, and at the latest within 20 working days. If you have any queries about your request, please contact us at the address below.

The reference number for your request is RFI20211652.

Kind regards,

Information Rights

BBC Freedom of Information
BC2 A4, Broadcast Centre
201 Wood Lane
London W12 7TP

www.bbc.co.uk/foi
Email: [email address]

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Steele Reynolds <[FOI #797424 email]>
Sent: 05 November 2021 06:27
To: FOI Enquiries <[BBC request email]>
Subject: RFI20211652 Re: RFI20211509 - Reply

Dear FOI Enquiries,

The response I received only gave information of number of employees (ie 14). However, the BBC did not give information on salaries and stated:

"In response to salaries and expenses; we are withholding this information under section 40(2) (personal information) of the Act. Under section 40(2), personal information about identifiable living individuals is exempt if disclosure to a third party would breach one or more principles in the General Data Protection Regulation"

I DID NOT REQUEST SALARY INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUALS, I asked for information on TOTAL OUTLAY IN SALARIES AND EXPENSES for the TOTAL STAFF (allegedly 14 staff) dealing with Diversity and Programming in the company (The BBC).

I would like to receive this information - THE TOTAL OUTLAY IN SALARIES AND EXPENSES - if possible as such a request would not identify any individual it would simply give a total amount of money paid out to staff dealing with Diversity and Programming.

Yours sincerely,

Robert Steele Reynolds

-----Original Message-----

Dear Mr Reynolds,

Please see the attached.

Kind regards,

BBC Information Rights

Information Rights

BBC Legal

BC2 A4, Broadcast Centre

201 Wood Lane

London W12 7TP

The information in this email and any attachments is confidential and may

be subject to legal professional or other privilege.

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Dear Mr Reynolds,

Please see the attached.

Yours sincerely,

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