Detail

Request

[1] Treasury meetings

[2] meeting notes

[3] agendas

[4] records of telephone conversations, or

[5] email or written correspondence

with or from tobacco companies, lobby groups (eg retail, business, trademarks) and/or think tanks where standardised or plain packaging of tobacco products was mentioned/discussed between January 2011 and December 2013.

These organisations should include, but are not restricted to:

  • British American Tobacco
  • Philip Morris International
  • Japan Tobacco International
  • Imperial Tobacco
  • Tobacco Manufacturers Association
  • Tobacco Retailers Association
  • Forest
  • Hands off our packs
  • Institute for Economic Affairs
  • Adam Smith Institute.

Handling

The search included the list of organisations above as well as the lobby groups and think tanks below which also fit the criteria set out in the FOI request:

  • Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
  • The All Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health
  • The Anti-Counterfeiting Group
  • The API Group
  • The Asian Media and Marketing Group
  • The Association of Convenience Stores
  • The British Brands Group, Cancer Research UK
  • The European Carton Makers Association
  • The Imported Tobacco Products Advisory Council
  • The National Asian Business Association
  • The Petrol Retailers Association and UNITE.

Disclosure

  • Four read-outs of Treasury meetings with stakeholders where standardised packaging was discussed, as well as transcribed handwritten notes from a Treasury meeting where standardised packaging was discussed.
  • A note of a conversation between a Treasury Minister and Cancer Research UK.
  • Forty-four pieces of correspondence, including letters, emails, presentation slides and attachments sent and received between the Treasury and third parties on standardised packaging.

Some additional information that the Treasury holds is published as part of the government’s transparency initiative. Details of Ministerial meetings can be found at Similarly, a log of tobacco meetings with officials is available at

Consultation responses to the 2012 Department of Health consultation on standardised packaging that are held by the Treasury are also published by the Department of Health alongside its final consultation on standardised packaging on 26 June. The 2012 consultation responses are available at:

Read-outs

  1. 9 Feb 2012: Read-out from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Ministerial meeting
  2. 5 July 2012: Read-out from Tobacco Manufacturers Association (TMA) Ministerial meeting
  3. 5 Feb 2013: Read-out from ASH Ministerial meeting
  4. 17 Oct 2013: Hand-written notes from ASH meeting with Treasury officials

Note of telephone conversation

  1. 1 May 2013: Read-out from a Ministerial phone call with Cancer Research UK

Correspondence

1.20 Jan 2011: Imperial Tobacco presentation to a Treasury Minister

2.20 Jan 2011: British American Tobacco (BAT) presentation to a Treasury Minister

3.20 Jan 2011: Japan Tobacco International (JTI) presentation to a Treasury Minister

4.26 Jan 2011: Imperial tobacco letter to a Treasury Minister

5.27 Jan 2011: Note sent by Japan Tobacco International (JTI) to a Treasury Minister

6.16 May 2011: Phillip Morris letter to a Treasury Minister

7.26 May 2011: Imperial Tobacco presentation to Treasury officials

8.15 Dec 2011: All Parliamentary Party Group on Smoking and Health (APPGSH) letter to a Treasury Minister

9.31 Jan 2012: Cancer Research UK letter to a Treasury Minister

10.31 Jan 2012: Ministerial reply to APPGSH letter (15 Dec)

11.31 Jan 2012: TMA presentation to a Treasury Minister

12.31 Jan 2012: Imperial tobacco presentation to a Treasury Minister

13.31 Jan 2012: BAT presentation to a Treasury Minister

14.6 Feb 2012: Imperial Tobacco letter to a Treasury Minister

15.2 Feb 2012: ASH Pre-Budget submission

16.Budget 2012: Association of Convenience Stores Budget representation

17.6 Feb 2012: ASH letter to a Treasury Minister

18.17 Feb 2012: Imperial Tobacco letter to a Treasury Minister

19.30 April 2012: JTI letter to a Treasury Minister

20.31 May 2012: Ministerial reply to JTI (30 April)

21.5 July 2012: TMA Presentation to a Treasury Minister

22.10 July 2012: Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) letter to a Treasury Minister

23.27 July 2012: API Group Plc. letter to a Treasury Minister

24.30 July 2012: Ministerial reply to the PRA (10 July)

25.6 Aug 2012: Imperial Tobacco letter a Treasury Minister

26.7 Aug 2012: Ministerial reply to the British Brands Group’s letter (7 Aug)

27.8 Aug 2012: BAT’s consultation response to a Treasury Minister

28.21 Sep 2012: Ministerial reply to Imperial Tobacco (6 Aug)

29.27 Sept 2012: Ministerial reply to BAT (8 Aug)

30.23 Nov 2012: Email from Cancer Research UK to Treasury officials enclosing two briefing notes

31.5 Feb 2013: TMA presentation to a Treasury Minister

32.5 Feb 2013: ASH presentation to a Treasury Minister

33.5 Feb 2013: Imperial Tobacco presentation to a Treasury Minister

34.7 Feb 2013: Cancer Research UK Budget 2013 Submission

35.22 March 2013: APPGSH letter to a Treasury Minister

36.12 April 2013: JTI letter to a Treasury Minister

37.12 April 2013: Asian Media and Marketing Group letter a Treasury Minister

38.22 April 2013: PRA letter to a Treasury Minister

39.24 April 2013: Imported Tobacco Products Advisory Council (ITPAC) letter to a Treasury Minister

40.May 2013: National Asian Business Association letter to a Treasury Minister

41.13 June 2013: PRA letter to a Treasury Minister

42.3 July 2013: Ministerial reply to PRA (13 June)

43.6 November 2013: Philip Morris letter to a Treasury Minister

44.9 Dec 2013: Ministerial reply to Philip Morris (6Nov)

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