Revealed: BBC's 3,701 Freedom of Info requests

The BBC has answered 3,701 Freedom of Information requests since they were introduced in 2005, at a cost of millions to the taxpayer. The extent of the disclosures was revealed in another FoI request made at the end of July by information freedom website What Do They Know? The BBC's position as a publicly funded body means it does not have to disclose information that isn't directly related to its creative output. This means information "held for purposes other than...