Financial Conduct Authority
- Date 17 May 2016
- Sector Other
- Decision(s) FOI 44: Not upheld
The complainant made a freedom of information request to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for information about Lloyds Banking Group and what he said was possible involvement or complicity in fraud committed by a named individual. In response the FCA refused to confirm or deny if the requested information was held under section 44(2) (prohibitions on disclosure) and section 43(3) (commercial interests). The Commissioner’s decision is that section 44(2) was correctly applied and the FCA was not obliged to confirm or deny if the requested information was held. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.