Financial Conduct Authority
- Date 10 November 2022
- Sector Other
- Decision(s) FOI 12: Not upheld, FOI 21: Not upheld
The complainant has requested derivative definitions documents from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The FCA confirmed that it holds one of the documents, but relied on section 21(2) of FOIA to refuse to disclose it. The FCA also stated that it was unable to confirm if it holds copies of the remaining three documents, and the work required to determine whether or not it does in fact hold them would take it beyond the appropriate cost limit, citing section 12(2) of FOIA.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the FCA has correctly cited sections 21(2) and 12(2) of FOIA to refuse to comply with the request in this case.
The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any remedial steps.