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Request reference number: 8710 , 6552 , 8462 , 8726

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Summary of request

I'd like to request a pdf copy of former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson's diary entries between December 1st until the final entries, which I presume would be on May 9th? His diary from December 1st until he stopped being Mayor, in pdf sent via email to me.

1) Did Mayor of London Boris Johnson, his aids, staff or colleagues make use of public resources when they carried out EU Referendum related activities? (One example would be the staff who were paid public funds whilst they attended Boris Johnson when he appeared at the Treasury Committee's questioning)

2) What public funds were used for EU Referendum related purposes?

3) What public staff were used for EU Referendum related purposes?

4) What public buildings, vehicles and other physical resources were used for EU Referendum related purposes?

When I say 'EU Referendum related purposes' I'm referring to speeches, television appearances, events, interviews, articles and any other communications or campaigning connected actions. Anything to do with the EU Referendum essentially.

Can you tell me if any of Mayor Boris Johnson or Mayor Sadiq Khan's staff took time off to campaign for leaving the EU? I don't need the staff's names or personal information. I just need to know if anyone of them requested leave for the purpose of campaigning in the referendum?

I'd like to request copies of all recorded video footage of Mayor Boris Johnson campaigning during the EU Referendum which is held. In particular, I would like to request a copy of Peoples' Question Time, March 3rd 2016. I would suggest asking your colleagues who work in media, film recording and etc if they have unpublished footage of Mayor Boris Johnson

I'd like to request freedom of information related to emails and letters sent by Mayor Boris Johnson between the dates of January 1st 2016 up to his final days as Mayor in early May 2016.

I understand that the Mayor's emails were deleted 3 months after he left office. However, I'd like to request that the FOI team ask the IT team to recover the emails. Please ask them if it would be possible to recover the data.

I'd like to request copies of all emails and letters the Mayor sent to Ministers and members of the Executive of the UK government during this time. I'd also like to request copies of emails and letters which contain the following phrases: '£350 million' and '£20 billion'.

I'd like to request freedom of information related to Mayor Boris Johnson's email newsletters from between the dates of January 1st 2016 to the end of his time as Mayor in early May 2016.

I'd like to request copies of all email newsletters and other communications sent to Londoners and the public by the Mayor of London between these dates

Please see this: 'Other than the £23,365.29 outlined above, no additional budget has been spent on EU Referendum-related activities.'

I think I may have worded my question in a fashion which wasn't clear enough. I would consider that any staff time, travel costs, use of the government car service or any other such costs should be included within the response to this FOI. Mayor Sadiq Khan had his staff accompany him to events related to the EU Referendum, he also made use of transport to do so.

Please would you provide a response which takes into account all such costs?

As I said on the phone, in order to help you save time and resources the most important matter is that of Mayor Boris Johnson's spending on EU Referendum campaign-related activities.

The Mayor made it an official mayoral policy to support the case for leave, we need to know what money he spent on this policy. For example, costs on staff appearing at events with him, transport, advertising and etc. For instance, the Mayor went to Northern Ireland on a Mayoral trip, at which he campaigned for the UK to leave the EU. The cost of such transport to Northern Ireland should be included. As should his transport to Manchester, Leeds, York, Dartford and any other transport he undertook to carry out campaigning activities.

Related documents

8462 - FOI attachment (BJ diary)

8462 - FOI attachment (newsletters)

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