Financial Conduct Authority

The complainant has requested a copy of that FCA’s internal policy document on the use of the DBAAT system and the number of files which were found not to have dealt with disclosure properly. The FCA aggregated these requests and confirmed it would exceed the cost limit under section 12 FOIA to comply. It did however confirm that it does not hold the internal policy requested. The Commissioner’s decision is that section 12 FOIA was correctly applied to the request. The FCA also complied with its obligations under section 16 FOIA by providing advice and assistance to the requester as to how the request could be refined. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.