Royal Horticultural Society

The complainant has requested information from the Royal Horticultural Society (the RHS). The RHS refused to provide the information as it stated that it was not subject to FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the RHS is not a public authority for the purposes of FOIA and was therefore not obliged to respond to the request. As the RHS is not a public authority, the Commissioner would be unable to order any remedial steps – even if any were necessary.