10 October 2017, Other
The complainant has requested access to information held in the BBC Archives in Reading. The BBC initially withheld the information under the derogation, but during the course of the Commissioner’s investigation, the BBC cited section 37(1)(ac), the exemption relating to communications with other members of the Royal Family. The Commissioner’s decision is that the BBC correctly applied section 37(1)(ac) in this case. The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken as a result of this decision notice.
FOI 37: Not upheld