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Cite as: [2010] UKICO FS50265739
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BBC (Decision Notice) [2010] UKICO FS50265739 (28 June 2010)
Summary: The complainant made a series of requests to the BBC for information relating to members of the BBC Trust-™s Editorial Standards Committee and independent editorial adviser regarding a complaint about an edition of the programme -˜Panorama-™. The BBC withheld some of the requested information under section 40(2) of the Act and stated that some of it is not held. In view of two High Court decisions handed down on 2 October 2009 the BBC amended its original position and argued that all of the information relevant to the requests was outside the scope of the Act. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the BBC correctly determined that the requested information is held to a significant extent for the purposes of art, journalism or literature and therefore the BBC is not obliged to comply with Parts I to V of the Act. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2010/0124 dismissed.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Not upheld