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BBC (Decision Notice) [2011] UKICO FS50356183 (28 February 2011)
Summary: The complainant made a request to the BBC for the terms of engagement and fees relating to its employment of David Coulthard and Eddie Jordan as part of the commentating team for Formula 1 coverage. The BBC responded by stating that the requested information fell outside the scope of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the -Act-) because it is information held for the purposes of journalism, art or literature. The Commissioner-s decision is that the information is genuinely held for the purposes of journalism. The Commissioner therefore finds that the BBC was not obliged to comply with Parts I to V of the Act.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Not upheld