29 June 2017, Other
The complainant has requested information about complaints and/or costs relating to Laura Kuenssberg's question/s to President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May. The BBC said that the requested information was covered by the derogation and excluded from FOIA.The Commissioner’s decision is that this information was held by the BBC for the purposes of ‘journalism, art or literature’ and did not fall within the scope of FOIA. She therefore upholds the BBC’s position and requires no remedial steps to be taken in this case.
FOI 1: Not upheld