BBC

The complainant has requested all communications between the BBC and a particular company. The BBC refused to comply with part of the request as it was for information excluded from FOIA as it was held for the purposes of journalism, art or literature. For the remaining information it refused to disclose the requested information citing section 42(1) and 43(2) FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the BBC was correct to refuse to comply with the request in part because the information is excluded from FOIA as it was held for the purposes of journalism, art or literature. She also considers that the BBC is entitled to refuse to disclose the remaining requested information under section 42(1) and 43(2) of the FOIA. She therefore does not require any further action to be taken.