The complainant has requested the audience research to support the broadcasting of cricket on Radio 4 long wave. The BBC explained the information was covered by the derogation and excluded from FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that this information was held by the BBC for the purposes of ‘journalism, art or literature’ and did not fall inside FOIA. He therefore upholds the BBC’s position and requires no remedial steps to be taken in this case.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 1 – Complaint Not upheld
Citations:
[2013] UKICO FS50508220
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.528632