BBC

The complainant requested the number of deaf and/or disabled sports panellists who have appeared on the BBC programme 'Question of Sport’ and the number of deaf and/or mobility impaired contestants who have appeared on the BBC programme ' COPYCATS'. 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.