British Film Institute

The complainant has requested BFI to disclose information relating to anti-racism training provided by What If Experiment. BFI disclosed some information but withheld the remainder citing section 43 of FOIA, which concerns commercial interests. It also said that it does not hold the information requested at part one of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that BFI is entitled to refuse to disclose the remaining withheld information in accordance with section 43 of FOIA. He is also satisfied that on the balance of probabilities, BFI does not hold the information requested at part one of the request. The Commissioner has however recorded a breach of section 1, 10 and 17 of FOIA. The Commissioner does not require further steps to be taken.

Paragraph 47 is an error and the date of the information request in paragraph 5 is incorrect. The Commissioner found a breach but the public authority did in fact respond to the request within the statutory timeframe. Information Tribunal FT/EA/2024/0242 under appeal.