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Cite as: [2010] UKICO FS50319445
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BBC (Decision Notice) [2010] UKICO FS50319445 (25 November 2010)
Summary: The complainant made a request for the contract or other documentation relating to the relationship between the BBC and the production company (Mentorn) for the creation and broadcasting of Question Time with specific reference to the production and editorial responsibilities and where the responsibility lies in choosing the composition of the panel of the programme. He also asked for the material about the decision to invite Alistair Campbell on a specific episode of Question Time. The BBC stated that the requests were for information that fell outside the scope of the Act because they were for information held for the purposes of journalism, art or literature. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the BBC correctly determined that the requested information is genuinely held for the purposes of journalism and therefore it was not obliged to comply with Parts I to V of the Act.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Not upheld