BBC

The complainant has requested copies of information relating to the way in which the BBC’s management in Scotland responded to an academic report which raised concerns about its television coverage of Scotland’s independence referendum. The BBC explained the information was covered by the derogation and excluded from the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that this information is held by the BBC for the purposes of ‘journalism, art or literature’ and does not fall under the FOIA. He therefore upholds the BBC’s position and requires no steps to be taken in this case.