On 11 September 2012 the Department received a FOI request for – copies of any correspondence between the Department of Health (DH) and the organisations listed below regarding the government’s consultation on the packaging of tobacco products which was sent or received during the period of 16 April to 31 August 2012 inclusive. The organisations concerned are:
- Smokefree South West
- Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
- British Heart Foundation
- Cancer Research UK
- Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health
Our response
The Department disclosed the following correspondence:
- news bulletin from Smokefree South West, 16 April 2012
- email from DH to interested parties, 16 April 2012
- letter from Jean King (Director of Tobacco Control, CRUK) to Anne Milton, 16 April 2012
- email from Deborah Arnott (Chief Executive of ASH), 16 April 2012
- letter from Sarah Woolnough (Director of Policy, CRUK) to Simon Burns, 23 April 2012
- letter from Sarah Woolnough (Director of Policy, CRUK) to Anne Milton, 23 April 2012
- email from Sarah Woolnough (Director of Policy, CRUK) to DH, 24 April 2012
- email from Deborah Arnott (Chief Executive of ASH) to DH 25 April 2012
- email and briefing from Stephen Williams (Chairman of APPG) to Andrew Lansley, 26 April 2012
- letter from Dr Harpak Kumar (Chief Executive of CRUK) to Andrew Lansley, 3 May 2012
- email from Deborah Arnott (Chief Executive of ASH) to Tabitha Brufal, 4 May 2012
- email from Deborah Arnott (Chief Executive of ASH) to DH, 23 May 2012
- email from Sarah Woolnough (Director of Policy, CRUK) to DH, 6 June 2012
- email from DH to Fiona Andrews (Director of SFSW), 20 June 2012
- email from ASH to Anne Milton, 25 June 2012
- email (and response) from ASH to Anne Milton, 26 June 2012
- email from Deborah Arnott (Chief Executive of ASH) to DH and APPG, 5 July2012
- email from DH to ASH, SFSW and CRUK, 5 July 2012
- email from Deborah Arnott (Chief Executive of ASH) to DH and SFSW, 12 July 2012
- email from Deborah Arnott (Chief Executive of ASH) to DH, 17 July 2012
- email from DH to Fiona Andrews (Director of SFSW), 27 July 2012
- email from CRUK to DH, 1 August 2012
- email from CRUK to DH, 9 August 2012 (09.00)
- email from CRUK to DH, 9 August 2012 (15.57)
- email from Deborah Arnott (Chief Executive of ASH) to DH, 10 August 2012
- letter for FOI request to DH, 10 August 2012
- news bulletin from SFSW to DH, 13 August 2012
- email from DH to SFSW, 15 August 2012
- email from DH to CRUK, 17 August 2012
- email from SFSW to DH, 20 August 2012
Response from Department of Health (ref: DE00000725033) on 5 October 2012