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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Information Commissioner's Office >> Department for Culture Media and Sport (Decision Notice) [2011] UKICO FS50405124 (15 December 2011) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2011/FS50405124.html Cite as: [2011] UKICO FS50405124 |
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Summary: The complainant requested minutes of meetings which took place between 13 and 20 October 2010 between senior BBC negotiators and senior politicians and civil servants concerning negotiations over the BBC licence fee. He also requested related Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) legal advice. The Commissioner-™s decision is that DCMS correctly withheld the legal advice relying on section 42(1) FOIA and acted partially correctly in withholding information about the meetings relying on section 36(2)(b) FOIA. The Commissioner requires DCMS to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. DCMS should disclose emails dated 18 October 2010 subject to redactions as set out in the confidential annex to this notice which has been sent to DCMS only. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2011/0018 dismissed.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 36 - Complaint Partly Upheld, FOI 42 - Complaint Not upheld
