British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

The complainant requested information from the BBC about the number of times the President of Government of Spain was referred to as Prime Minister or PM and the legal basis for this. The BBC responded that the requested information, if held, was covered by the derogation and hence excluded from FOIA.
The Commissioner’s decision is that this information, if held at all, is held by the BBC for the purposes of journalism, art or literature and so is not covered by FOIA. He therefore upholds the BBC’s position. 
The Commissioner does not require any steps as a result of this decision.