BBC

The complainant has requested documents and correspondence regarding a BBC investigation into comments made in a WhatsApp group involving BBC staff as well as the transcripts of the messages. The BBC disclosed some of the information but withheld some information on the basis of section 40(2) and 42 of the FOIA. The complainant asked the Commissioner to consider if information had been redacted from the transcripts and disciplinary documents correctly under section 40(2). The Commissioner’s decision is that the BBC has correctly applied the provisions of section 40(2) to withhold the information.