The complainant made an information request to the British Broadcasting Corporation for information about complaints from viewers, victims and insiders made to it in connection with a Panorama investigation. The BBC refused to provide the requested information claiming that it was outside the scope of the Freedom of Information Act because it was held for the purposes of journalism, art or literature. The Commissioner is satisfied that the information in question was held to a significant extent for the purposes of journalism, art or literature. Therefore the BBC was not obliged to comply with Parts I to V of the Act.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 1 – Complaint Not upheld
[2010] UKICO FS50259647
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England and Wales
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Updated: 12 January 2022; Ref: scu.531255