The complainant has requested information about the number of occasions when the BBC has quoted, interviewed or featured the National Secular Society over a two year period. The BBC explained the information was covered by the derogation and excluded by the Act. The complainant complained to the Information Commissioner (the Commissioner). The Commissioner’s decision is that this information was held by the BBC genuinely for the purposes of journalism and did not fall inside the Act. He therefore upholds the BBC’s position and requires no remedial steps to be taken. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2011/0272 struck out.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 1 – Complaint Not upheld
Citations:
[2011] UKICO FS50397330
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 09 February 2022; Ref: scu.530929