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The complainant has requested information on the rules, guidance and policies used by the ‘Client Affairs’ department of Westminster City Council (‘the Council’). The Commissioner’s decision is that on the balance of probabilities the Council has provided the limited information held at the time of the request. The Commissioner does not require the public authority…
The complainant has requested documents and correspondence regarding a BBC investigation into comments made in a WhatsApp group involving BBC staff as well as the transcripts of the messages. The BBC disclosed some of the information but withheld some information on the basis of section 40(2) and 42 of the FOIA. The complainant asked the…
The complainant has requested information relating to building defects at Roseberry Park Hospital in Middlesbrough. The Commissioner’s decision is that Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) has correctly applied section 36(2)(c) to the withheld information. She has further determined that public interest lies in favour of maintaining the exemption. The Commissioner…
The complainant has asked Belfast City Council for copies of emails and correspondence sent between Councillor Lee Reynolds and Mr Richard Cook, which are held on the Council’s email server. In particular, the complainant asked the Council for copies of emails which concern ‘Vote Leave’, ‘Constitutional Research Council’ and ‘CRC’. The Council confirmed that it…
The complainant requested information concerning the investigation into the death of a British citizen, Helen Smith, in Saudi Arabia in May 1979. The Crown Prosecution (CPS) disclosed some information but withheld the remainder, ultimately citing sections 31(1)(c) (law enforcement), 38(1)(a) (health and safety) and 40(2) (personal information) of the FOIA. The Commissioner investigated its application…
The complainant has requested a copy of all recorded information held by Fishburn Parish Council (“the Council”), relating to the tender process for the proposed refurbishment of the Sports Pavilion. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has incorrectly relied upon section 14(1) of the FOIA to refuse the complainant’s request. Additionally, the Council has…
The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office seeking information it held about Operation Flavius. The FCO initially withheld all of the information falling within the scope of the request but at the internal review stage provided the complainant with some of the information in scope but sought to withhold the remainder…
The complainant has requested any declarations of interests NHS England received from specific individuals and companies named in the request. NHS England refused to confirm or deny whether this information is held under section 40(5)(b)(i) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that NHS England is entitled to refuse to confirm or deny whether the…
The complainant has requested DEFRA to disclose all correspondence and communications between Michael Gove and the European Research Group (ERG). DEFRA confirmed that it considers all communications of this nature are party political, do not relate to departmental business and so are not covered by FOIA. However, it has carried out all necessary searches and…
The complainant has requested a copy of the evidence that was considered by the Regional Schools Commissioner (RSC) as part of their decision to allow a particular academy to reduce the number of pupils it admitted. The Department for Education (DfE) has refused to provide some of the requested information under section 36 – prejudice…
