Number of FOI requests received from the British Broadcasting Corporation: FOI release

Information requested

 

For each calendar year (2016, 2017 and 2018), how many FOI requests has the Scottish Government received from the British Broadcasting Corporation?

 

Response

 

I enclose the information you requested in the Annex showing the number of FOI requests the Scottish Government has recorded for each of the BBC organisations.

You will wish to note that FOISA does not require individuals requesting information to identify whether they represent a particular organisation. Accordingly, the Scottish Government does not require this information to be recorded in our FOI tracker. The table provided contains instances where this has been logged and therefore held but we cannot confirm that the information we hold in relation to your request is both accurate and complete.

 

ANNEX 

 

Year	BBC Organisation	Total
2016	BBC	21
	BBC News	3
	BBC Scotland	12
	BBC Scotland News	8
		44
2017	BBC	16
	BBC News	5
	BBC Radio Ulster	1
	BBC Scotland	7
	BBC Scotland News	4
		33
2018	BBC	14
	BBC News	7
	BBC Scotland	10
	BBC Scotland News	1
		32
Grand Total		109

 

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