7 November 2017, Education
The complainant has requested information on the decision of the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Conduct Committee in 2013 that there were “no reasonable grounds” to suspect that there may have been misconduct in the auditing of HBOS. The FRC withheld the information requested as it considered the requested information is outside the scope of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the FRC is entitled to determine that the requested information is outside the scope of its responsibilities under the FOIA. She therefore does not require any further action to be taken.
FOI 1: Not upheld