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Mr Hillas

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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 53)

Third party data sourced and used by TV Licensing (2)
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Mr Hillas on 11 January 2021.

Refused.

Dear Mr Hillas   Please find attached the BBC’s response to your Freedom of Information Internal Review request.   Yours sincerely   Infor...
Third party data sourced and used by TV Licensing
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Mr Hillas on 29 October 2020.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Hillas,   Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20201548.   Yours sincerely,   Informati...
Third Party Data Sourced by TV Licensing
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 3 October 2020.

Information not held.

As suspected, the BBC and their BBC TV Licensing contractor Capita implemented the data mining and data harvesting recommendations of the Perry Review...
Two-tier TV licence enforcement
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Mr Hillas on 8 September 2020.

Long overdue.

Dear Mr I Hillas, Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, as detailed in your email below. Your request...
TV Licensing successfully sued
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by [Name Removed] (Account suspended) on 15 October 2019.

Partially successful.

I notice in there response TVL refused disclosure at one point citing “Legal Privilidge” of documents prepared for the case, yet they go onto say they...
TV licence fee enforcement practises.
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 19 September 2019.

Partially successful.

I asked: "What are the policies the BBC Licence Fee Unit have in place for the following incident." I went on: "How are they implemented, policed an...
anti-BBC TV licence fee activism on Twitter
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Mr Hillas on 27 June 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Hillas,                                             Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI201909...
TV Licensing operations plan
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Mr Hillas on 19 March 2018.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Hillas,   Please find attached the BBC’s response to your internal review request [IR2018017].   I apologise for the short delay in re...
TV licence cancellations
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Mr Hillas on 21 February 2018.

Refused.

Dear Mr Hillas,   Please find attached the BBC’s response to your internal review request.   Best wishes,   BBC Information Rights BC2 A4...
OSC/IPCO most recent Inspection report
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Mr Hillas on 16 February 2018.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Hillas,                                              Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20180...
BBC Licence Fee Unit activity
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Mr Hillas on 19 July 2017.

Refused.

Dear Mr Hillas   Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20170709. We apologise for the delay in issuing t...
Comprehensive governance arrangements - Axciom
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Mr Hillas on 26 May 2017.

Refused.

Dear Mr Hillas, Please find attached your internal review request. Best wishes, BBC Information Rights BC2 A4, Broadcast Centre 201 Wood Lane London...
Drivers licensed by Slough Borough Council
Response by Slough Borough Council to Mr Hillas on 17 May 2017.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Hillas   As requested an independent review has been undertaken and I have been asked to respond as follows:     The licensing depar...
Information about Capita Transition Programme
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Mr Hillas on 3 May 2017.

Refused.

Dear Mr Hillas,   Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20170521.   Yours sincerely,   Informatio...
BBC Grant in Aid
Response by Her Majesty's Treasury to Mr Hillas on 27 April 2017.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Hillas Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request. Please find a clickable version of the link contained in our...
Collecting the Licence Fee
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Janik2 on 14 April 2017.

Partially successful.

One of the original requests was " 1. "The information security management system used . . . to collect the Licence Fee" " The refusal to answer su...
Comprehensive governance arrangements - Capita
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Mr Hillas on 29 March 2017.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Hillas   Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20170352. We apologise for the delay in issuing t...
BBC Grant in Aid
Response by National Audit Office to Mr Hillas on 28 March 2017.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Hillas   Please see the attached response to your email enquiries of 5 March 2017.   Kind regards   Paul   Paul Keane  Director...
Licence fee evasion modelling
Internal review request sent to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas on 3 March 2017.

Awaiting internal review.

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews. I am writing to request an internal review of British Broadcasting Cor...
Television Licence Fee Trust Statement for the Year Ending March 31 2016 (2)
Follow up sent to National Audit Office by Mr Hillas on 13 February 2017.

Partially successful.

Dear FOI, REQUESTS, Thank you very much for your additional information and assistance. The links you have supplied function. Yours sincerely, Mr...
Information about BBC Licence Fee Unit
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 24 January 2017.

Partially successful.

Hi Peter, yes, that has been noticed. Sir Amyas Morse:-"approximately 35 staff in BBC Licence Fee Unit" Yet there are fewer than 30 on the Organisation...
TV Licence Fee Trust Statement 31 March 2016
Response by National Audit Office to Mr Hillas on 22 December 2016.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Hillas,   Please find, attached, our response to your recent Freedom of Information request.   Yours sincerely,   Joseph da Silva...
Conditional access (2)
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Mr Hillas on 6 January 2016.

Refused.

Dear Mr Hillas,   Please find attached the internal review decision relating to your freedom of information request, reference RFI20151863 (IR2015...
Retained TV licence information
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 22 December 2015.

Partially successful.

"This is because requests under the Act relating to TV Licensing – encompassing the BBC TV Licensing Management Team and the BBC’s contractors operat...
Conditional access
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Mr Hillas on 5 November 2015.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Hillas,   Please find attached the internal review decision relating to your request RFI20151265.   Yours sincerely,   BBC Informa...
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This person's 41 annotations

Third Party Data Sourced by TV Licensing
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 3 October 2020.

Information not held.

As suspected, the BBC and their BBC TV Licensing contractor Capita implemented the data mining and data harvesting recommendations of the Perry Review...
TV licence fee enforcement practises.
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 19 September 2019.

Partially successful.

I asked: "What are the policies the BBC Licence Fee Unit have in place for the following incident." I went on: "How are they implemented, policed an...
TV Licencing Search Warrants
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Tyrone Armatage (Account suspended). Annotated by Mr Hillas on 14 January 2018.

Partially successful.

"Unless they actually catch a person red-handed in the act of receiving TV programmes, there are several valid defences that could be offered. You migh...
TV Licensing advice on Streaming of non-UK live content
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr. M. Whitfield. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 7 December 2017.

Partially successful.

Are BBC and BBC TV licence administration and enforcement contractor Capita really claiming that No Licence Needed web-cam is licence needed, now? Be...
Drivers licensed by Slough Borough Council
Request to Slough Borough Council by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 11 May 2017.

Partially successful.

Having some council tax funded keyboard warrior employed in any council's freedom of information section does not present a very favourable image of th...
Television Licence Fee Trust Statement for the Year Ending March 31 2016 (2)
Request to National Audit Office by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 24 January 2017.

Partially successful.

No doubt the other interested party being consulted will be the BBC. Please apply NAO freedom of information policies and not those of the BBC.
Information about BBC Licence Fee Unit
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 24 January 2017.

Partially successful.

Hi Peter, yes, that has been noticed. Sir Amyas Morse:-"approximately 35 staff in BBC Licence Fee Unit" Yet there are fewer than 30 on the Organisation...
Collecting the Licence Fee
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 13 January 2017.

Partially successful.

Hi Peter The names of the 40+ organisations is asked for in the request. If they want clarification, all they have to do is ask. They've had plenty...
Retained TV licence information
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 22 December 2015.

Partially successful.

"This is because requests under the Act relating to TV Licensing – encompassing the BBC TV Licensing Management Team and the BBC’s contractors operat...
RIPA Code of Conduct Breaches
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Steve Barnes. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 25 November 2015.

Refused.

People who read the Internal Review document must wonder at a BBC which acknowledges publicly that it has oversight functions in relation to ALL matter...
Information about TV Licensing induction and training
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 27 March 2014.

Partially successful.

quote: " . . . I have initially made enquiries of the BBC TV Licensing Management Team, and have confirmed that no one within the BBC holds material r...
Copy of contract with Capita Business Services Ltd
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Michael Richards. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 23 January 2014.

Successful.

Quote: "I apologise but we are currently not in a position to respond to your request. I can confirm that we have reviewed the relevant recorded i...
TVL search warrants
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by S Holloway. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 19 December 2013.

Refused.

Anyone willing to bet that very little "uncertainty" is expressed by TV Licensing when applying to Justices of the Peace for search warrants. So how...
TVL - Failed prosecutions
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by S Holloway. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 27 November 2013.

Refused.

Since achieving successful prosecution targets is a Key Performance Indicator of the operation of the TV Licensing contract between Capita and the BBC,...
Percentage of TV Licensing Withdrawn Cases
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by T. Jackson. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 16 October 2013.

Refused.

Who is Mr Anderson? The FoI request was lodged by Dr T Jackson. It shows what a dire job the BBC are making of FoI when the BBC Information Policy and...
TV Licensing enforcement away from magistrates courts
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 28 September 2013.

Refused.

This freedom of information request was lodged on 28 June 2013. Today is 28 September 2013 and so far the BBC have failed to provide the information...
TV Licensing employees wearing disguises
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 27 September 2013.

Refused.

http://tv-licensing.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/tv-licensing-welsh-search-warrant.html Yes I believe so A Willmore. Shortly after my annotation got a mess...
TV Licensing employees wearing disguises
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 27 September 2013.

Refused.

Hi Mark Salter. The original video was taken down otherwise a link would have been supplied with the request. It may be still available online somewher...
TV Licensing employees wearing disguises
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 27 September 2013.

Refused.

quote: "TV Licensing enquiry officers abide by a strict code of conduct" - that's actually another BBC lie though, isn't it?' The video evidence of...
Evidence from TV Detection Equipment
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Peter Jones. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 24 September 2013.

Successful.

quote: "If, following service of the warrant an individual is found to be evading payment of the TV Licence, then the evidence obtained via the search...
TVLMT spreadsheet and other documents
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Watchkeeper. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 21 September 2013.

Partially successful.

Still waiting for your reasonable request to be actioned by the BBC, Watchkeeper? 6 months. Absolutely disgraceful. https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/r...
TV Licensing Prosecution Costs
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Peter Jones. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 7 September 2013.

Information not held.

So, when the BBC and Capita have their monthly meetings what do they talk about? The weather? Just how little supervision of the TV Licensing contrac...
Information about TV Licensing induction and training
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 2 September 2013.

Partially successful.

Thanks for the reminder Watchkeeper. Here is what Watchkeeper is referring to for people who may be unaware exactly what the BBC gets up to. Enjoy....
Information about TV Licensing induction and training
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 1 September 2013.

Partially successful.

Yes indeed so, J Jones. What makes it all the worse is that the ill trained rabble you mentioned not only raise revenue for the BBC, which is bad enou...
Information about TV Licensing induction and training
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr Hillas. Annotated by Mr Hillas on 21 August 2013.

Partially successful.

Perhaps it is as well to show gratitude to the BBC for this admission that they seem to be permitting ill-trained, poorly supervised people to collect...
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