FOI release

Request for information relating to film and TV filming at the GCA

Published 31 July 2024

7th Floor, The Cabot
25 Cabot Square
London E14 4QZ
T: +44 (0) 207 215 6537
E: Enquiries@GroceriesCode.gov.uk
www.gov.uk/gca

Sent by email 19 July 2024

Freedom of Information Act: Request for information on Groceries Code Adjudicator activities

Thank you for your email of 21 June 2024 regarding filming activities and the GCA. You asked for the following information:

Under the Freedom of Information Act, for the tax years 2014/15 to 2022/23 inclusive, please would you please fully disclose the following details, breaking the figures by year:

  1. How much revenue has been received by your organisation for services rendered to film and television productions? This could include location rental, permits and all other services related to film productions using your personnel or resources.
  2. Please outline the type of work or service rendered, in each case and disclose the revenue received for each type of service.
  3. How much has your organisation spent on facilitating such arrangements between 2014/15 to 2022/23, inclusive, broken down by year?

General right of access to information held by public authorities

Under section 1(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the FOI Act”), anyone making a request for information to the GCA, as a public authority, is entitled to be informed in writing whether it holds that information, and if so, to be supplied with it.

The GCA holds the information you have requested.

In response to your questions above:

  1. £0

  2. Not applicable. The GCA did not engage in any such work.

  3. £0

Appeals Procedure

If you wish to complain about the way in which your request for information has been handled, you may seek an internal review by writing, setting out the reasons you feel your request has not been dealt with effectively, to:

The FOI Review Co-ordinator
Groceries Code Adjudicator
7th Floor, 25 Cabot Square
London
E14 4QZ

Alternatively, you can email: enquiries@groceriescode.gov.uk.

We will aim to deal with your Internal Review request within 20 working days of receipt or, if that is not possible, advise you of a date when we expect to complete the review.

If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of the Internal Review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office. You can do this on the Information Commissioner’s Office website.