British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

The Commissioner’s decision is that the BBC wasn’t entitled to refuse parts 1 – 3 of the complainant’s request for information about a letter under section 14(1) and section 21(1) of FOIA – vexatious request and information accessible to the applicant, respectively. Part 4 of the request does engage section 14(1), however. For the reasons explained in this decision notice, it’s not necessary for the BBC to take any corrective steps in relation to parts 1 – 3.