Summary: The complainant requested information relating to any private meetings held between the Chair of the BBC Trust and/or the Director General and four named party leaders between January 2012 and the date of his request. By the date of this notice the BBC had yet to provide a substantive response to this request and the Commissioner-™s decision is that, in so doing, the BBC has breached the requirements of section 10(1) and 17(3) of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires the public authority provide to the complainant a final response to his information request under FOIA.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld