ICO Adopt DPP Guidelines
Leveson Inquiry · An Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press · Issued 29 November 2012 · Addressed to: Information Commissioner
Government responseInformation Commissioner: Accepted (Jan 2013)
DeliveryNo statement from Information Commissioner found
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
The Information Commissioner's Office should immediately adopt the Guidelines for Prosecutors on assessing the public interest in cases affecting the media, issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions in September 2012.
Leveson Inquiry, An Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press · 29 Nov 2012 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
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The Inquiry asked the Information Commissioner's Office to adopt prosecution guidelines for media cases. The office stated in January 2013 that, by the time the Inquiry's report was published, it had already endorsed and adopted the September 2012 guidelines issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions on assessing public interest (Information Commissioner's Office response, Jan 2013).
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Report-level response context
Government response
●Information Commissioner · Accepted · 7 Jan 2013
As noted above, the ICO had, by the time Lord Justice Leveson’s Report was published, already endorsed and adopted the CPS Guidelines for Prosecutors on assessing the public interest in cases affecting the media, issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions in September 2012.
Extract from: The Information Commissioner's Response to the Leveson Report on the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press
Delivery
No statement on delivery from Information Commissioner has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.
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