The complainant requested copies of internal correspondence relating to Ofcom’s Notice to Broadcasters of 23 March 2020. The British Broadcasting Corporation explained that 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 the FOIA. The Commissioner does not require any further steps.
FOI 1: Complaint not upheld
Citations:
[2021] UKICO IC-80702
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 19 August 2022; Ref: scu.659724