Income from TT trademarks 2012-2016

Summary

A request was made for total income generated by licensing the TT trademark between 2012 and 2016, and the Department for Enterprise disclosed the figures held by financial year from 2011/2012 to 2016/2017.

Key Facts

• The requested information is held by financial year (1 April to 31 March) rather than calendar year.
• Income from TT trademark licensing increased from £249,438.63 in 2011/2012 to £878,041.38 in 2016/2017.
• The highest recorded income in the provided period was £878,041.38 for the 2016/2017 financial year.
• The response was issued by Steven Tallach, Freedom of Information Co-ordinator at the Department of Economic Development.
• The request was received on 28 April 2017 and the outcome was communicated on 19 May 2017.

Data Disclosed

• 2011/2012: £249,438.63
• 2012/2013: £502,417.25
• 2013/2014: £585,695.01
• 2014/2015: £563,189.41
• 2015/2016: £813,552.92
• 2016/2017: £878,041.38
• 2017-04-28
• 2017-05-19
• IM85964I

Data Tables (1)

Data Tables (reformatted)

Full Response Text

Page 1 of 2

Date: 19 May 2017

Dear

REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2015 (“the Act”) (REFERENCE NUMBER IM85964I)

Thank you for your request dated 28th April 2017. Your request Your request was as follows: “How much income in total has been generated each year between 2012 and 2016 inclusive by licensing the TT trademark?”

Response to your request The information on income generated by licensing the TT trademark is held by financial year (i.e. 1 April to 31 March) rather than calendar year. The figures we hold from the financial year 2011/2012 to the financial year 2016/2017 are as follows: 2011/2012 £249,438.63 2012/2013

£502,417.25 2013/2014

£585,695.01 2014/2015 £563,189.41 2015/2016 £813,552.92 2016/2017 £878,041.38

Department of Economic Development Rheynn Lhiasaghey Tarmaynagh

Steven Tallach Freedom of Information Co-ordinator 1st Floor St Georges Court Upper Church Street Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX

Telephone: (01624) 685375 Website: www.gov.im/ded Email:
foi.ded@gov.im

Page 2 of 2

Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your Freedom of Information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post to me at the above address. An electronic version and paper version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website here: https://www.gov.im/about-the-government/freedom-of-information/freedom-of-information- review-request-january-1-2017/ Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.
If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on: 1 Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act; or 2 Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.

In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your rights to review is on the Information Commissioner’s website at: www.inforights.im Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about Freedom of Information requests can be found at: www.gov.im/foi.

Yours sincerely

Steven Tallach Freedom of Information Co-ordinator