Foreign &

Commonwealth
Office
19 April 2010
Communication Directorate
Room K108
J N Turner Esq King Charles Street
51 Upper Eastern Green Lane London
Coventry SW1A 2AH
CV5 7DA Tel: 020 7008 5993

E-mail: stephen.townsend@fco.gov.uk

Dear Mr Turner,

Your Freedom of Information Request: 0304-10

Thank you for your FOI request of 30 March, asking how much money was spent by the
BBC World Service (BBCWS) on broadcasts to North America.

The FCO does not hold information at the level of detail you have requested. Under the
terms of the Broadcasting Agreement between the FCO and BBC, the BBCWS has editorial
and managerial independence. I have spoken to the BBCWS, and they advise you should re-
direct your enquiry to:

BBC Information Policy and Compliance

Room 2252 White City
201 Wood Lane
London
W12 7TS
Fax: 020 8008 2398, email foi@bbc.co.uk

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to
make a complaint or request an internal review of our decision, you should write to me within
40 working days from the date our response was issued.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint or internal review, you have the
right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the FCO.

Yours ever,

Stephen Townsend

Stephen Townsend
Communication Directorate