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For Distribution to Cps MOD200011979 For Distribution to CPs Witness Name: Kit Malthouse Statement no: First Exhibit: KM21 Date: 29 February 2012 THE LEVESON INQUIRY Exhibit KM21 to the Witness Statement of Kit Malthouse MOD200011979 For Distribution to CPs Those senior Met Police lunches and dinners witii Nev international: get the list | News | guardian.co.u'^ I'age 1 or y t'^eguardian Those senior M et Police lunches and dinners w ith N ew s In tern atio n al: get the l i s t John Yates and other senior Metropolitan Police officers had regular m eetings with News International staff over the last few years. Find out when » G e t t h e d a t a http ://www.guardian.co.ulc/news/datablog/2011 /j ul/13/j ohn-yates-meeting-news-iiiteniatioiial 2 2 / 0 2 / 2 0 1 2 MOD200011980 For Distribution to CPs liiose senior Met Police lunches and dinners with Ne’^s International: get the list | News | guardian>Go.nV; Page 2 of 9 Assistant Commissioner John Yates gives evidence to a Commons Home Affairs Committee on phone hacldng Photograph: /PA Boris Johnson will today be put under pressure to back calls for Met assistant commissioner John Yates to resign. Dee Doocev. a liberal Democrat member of the London assembly who is also a member of die Metropolitan Police Authority, released dates of dinners and lunches attended by senior Met policing figures over the past few years, including since allegations of phone hacking at the News of the World first surfaced - based on a freedom of information m em bers. Yates, who was responsible for reviewing the ewdence the phone hacking affair has in 2009 and who now has responsibility for counter terrorism, wrote to Lopdpn mayor http://www.guardian.co.uk/n6ws/datablog/201 l/j'ul/13/john-yates-meeting-news-mtemationM 2 2 / 0 2 / 2 0 1 2 MOD200011981 For Distribution to CPs Those senior Met Foliee lunches and dinners with Ne^-'^ international: get the list 1 News | guardian.co.n'^ rage j oiy Boris Johnson on Monday to express "great regret" for previously reassuring him that the initial inquiiy into phone hacking had been "thorough", Giving evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee in light of the fast moving events of last week, Yates expressed the regret he felt at the way those affected were handled under Iris watch, and for ruling that there was no need to reopen the phonerhacking investigation in 2009. But he insisted this was "not a resignation matter” and that he intended to continue in his job. Asked by the chair of the committee, Keith, Vaz if he had considered his position, Yates told him: "No I haven't offered to resign. If you are suggesting that I should resign for what News of the World has done, I think that is probably unfair." Doocey, who is the libDems' city hall spokeswoman on policing, pubhshed information secured under a Freedom of Information request which showed Yates had five lunches with staff from the News International stable: three with the Sun newspaper, in August 2008, Januaiy 2009 and March 2009, one with the Sunday Times in 2009, and one in November that year with the editor and crime editor of News of the World. Doocey called on him to quit: "It is shameful that John Yates found time to have five lunches with the News of the World and News International, but after just a few hours decided there was no additional evidence to justify a further investigation into phone hacldng. "John Yates has failed literally hundreds of victims of phone hacking. While he remains in post as Assistant Commissioner of the Met its reputation wiU not recover.He must take responsibility for this pitiful review and accept that he has lost ah credibilily. It is time for him to go." The data that Doocey obtained is below. What can you do with it? http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jul/13/john-yates-meeting-news-intematioual. 2 2 / 0 2 / 2 0 1 2 Ill MOD200011982 For Distribution to CPs Those senior Met Police lunches and dinners with Nf s Intematipnal: get the list | News, | gviardian,co Page 4 of 9 Data summary News International m eetings with senior M etropolitan Police o f f i c e r s Click heading to sort. Download this data Date Occasion Attendees Source .November 8 , Rinnerwith News of the /Andy Hayman FOl request 2005. World .February 1. Lunch with Editorial Staff, Andy Hayman Response to 2006. The Times request from MPA .February 1. Lunch with Editorial Staff, Sir Ian Blair (Commissioner), Paul Response to 2006. The Times Stephenson (Deputy requestfrom Commissioner) MPA .March 1, Meeting Editor, Sunday Sir Ian Blair (Comrnissioner) Response to 2006. Times requestfrom MPA .April 25, Dinner with News of the Andy Hayman FCI request 2006. World •June 1, 2006. Meeting Editor, The Sun Sir Ian Blair (Commissioner) Response; to requestfrom MPA .September 1, Dinner with Deputy Editor, Paul Stephenson (Deputy Response to 2006. News of the World Comrnisioner) requestfrom MPA .November 1. Lunch, Editor Sunday Sir Ian Blair (Commissioner) Response to 2006. Times request from MPA SOURCE; DEE DOOCEY http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablpg/201 l/jul/lS/john-yates-meeting-news-intemational 2 2 /0 2 / 2 0 1 2 TIE MOD200011983 For Distribution to CPs Those senior Met Police lunches and dinners with JNev" international: get me list l Jsiews 1 guaraian*co.uK- rage j ui^ Date Occasion Attendees Source .December 1, Meeting, Editor The Times Sir Ian Blair (Commissioner) Response to 2006. request from MPA .March 29, Lunch with News of the Andy Hayman FOl request 2007. World .June 1,2007. Lunch Editorial Staff, News Sir Ian Blair (Commissioner) Response to of the World request from MPA .July 1,2007. Drinks Reception, The Andy Hayman Response to Times request from MPA .September 1, Lunch Editor The Sun Sir Ian Blair (Commissioner) Response to 2007. request from MPA .September 5, Lunch with News of the Andy Hayman FOl request 2007. World .November 1 , Dinner with Deputy Editor, Paul Stephenson (Deputy Response to 2007. News of the World Commisioner) request from MPA .November 16, Lunch with News ofthe Andy Hayman FOl request 2007. World .February 1, Dinner with Deputy Editor, Paul Stephenson (Deputy Response to 2008. News of the World Commisioner) request from MPA .April 1, 2008. Dinner Deputy Editor The Sir Paul Stephenson (Deputy Response to Sun Commissioner) request from MPA .August 29, Lunch with The Times John Yates FOl request 2008. SOURCE: DEE DOOCEY http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jul/13/john-yates-meeting-news-iiitemational 2 2 /0 2 / 2 0 1 2 T!t MOD200011984 For Distribution to CPs riiose senior Met Police luncties and dipners with. Np"‘'’s intemationaL* get the list | News | guardian.co Page 6 of 9 Date Occasion Attendees Source .October 1, Meeting with Deputy Paul Stephenson (Deputy Response to 2008. Editor, News of the World Commisioner) request from MPA .October 1, Dinner with Deputy Editor, Paul Stephenson (Deputy Response to 2008. News of the World Commisioner) request from MPA .January 6 . Lunch with The Sun John Yates FOl request 2009. .February 1, Dinner with Deputy Editor, Paul Stephenson {Commisioner) Response to 2009. News of the World request from MPA .March 20, Lunch with The Sun John Yates FOl request 2009. jo^pril 1, 2009., Lunch Editor The Sun Paul Stephenson (Commisioner) Response to request from MPA .May 1,2009. Dinner with Deputy Editor* Paul Stephenson (Commisioner) Response to News of the World request from MPA •June 1,2009. News Corporation Paul Stephenson.(Commisioner) Response to reception request from MPA ■June 1, 2009. Lunch Editor The Times Paul Stephenson (Commisioner) Response to request from MPA .June 1, 2009. Dinner with Deputy Editor,. Paul Stephenson (Commisioner) Response to News of the World request from MPA SOURCE; DEE DOOCEY http://www.gucirdian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jxil/13/john-yates-meetingrnews-internatioiial 2 2 /0 2 / 2 0 1 2 MOD200011985 For Distribution to CPs Those senior Met Toiice lunches and dinners with International: get the list | JNews ] guar(iian.co "K rage / oi y Date Occasion Attendees Source July 1,2009, Lunch Editor Sunday Paul Stephenson (Commisioner) Response to Times request from MPA .September .8 , Dinner with The Sunday John Yates FOl request 2009. Times .November 1, Lunch Head of News, Sky Paul Stephenson (Commisioner) Response to 2009. News request from MPA .November 5, Dinner with Editor and John Yates FOl request 2009. Crime Editor News of the World .April 1,2010. Lunch Chief Executive Paul Stephenson (Commisioner) Response to News international request from MPA .June 1,2010. News Corporation Paul Stephenson (Coirirnisioner) Response to reception request from MPA •November 1, Drinks Editor The Sun Paul Stephenson:(Commisioner) Response to 2 0 1 0 . request from MPA SOURCE: DEE DOOCEY Download the data • DATA: dovmload the full spreadsheet http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jul/13/johii'^yates-ineetiiig-news-iiitem.ational 2 2 /0 2 / 2 0 1 2 MOD200011986 For Distribution to CPs Those semor Met Police lunches and diimers with N”ws International: getthe list. | News 1 gu^dianxe Page 8 of 9 M ore open data Data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian W orld government data Search the world's eovemment data with our gateway Developm ent and aid data • Search the world's global development data with our gateway Can you do som ething w ith this data? • Fliclcr Please post your visualisations nnd mash-ups on our Flickr group • Contact us at [email protected] » Get the A-Z o f data » More at the Datastore directory • Follow us on Twitter ■ Lik e u s o u F a c e b o o k Previous Blog home Next Ads by Google London Coupons littp://www.guardian,co.xik/news/datablog/20 1 l/jul/lS/john-yates-meeting-news-intematioiial 22/02/2012 MOD200011987.
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