The complainant made a request to the BBC for a series of statistical information relating to annual payments made by its pension scheme and copies of all correspondence between the BBC’s human resources department and BBC Pension Trust relating to the financial state of the pension fund. The BBC responded that the statistical information was held on behalf of the BBC Pension Trust and therefore falls outside the definition of information held by a public authority under section 3(2)(a) of the Act. It also responded that it does not hold information falling within the scope of the request for correspondence. The Commissioner’s decision is that the BBC handled the request in accordance with the Act.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 3 – Complaint Not upheld
Citations:
[2010] UKICO FS50266932
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 29 March 2022; Ref: scu.531573