BBC

The complainant has requested information relating to the BBC’s Crimewatch programme number 253. The BBC has refused to provide the information on the basis that it is coverd 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 within the scope of the FOIA. She therefore upholds the BBC’s position and requires no remedial steps to be taken in this case.