Information Commissioner's Office

Cardiff Council

19 October 2005, Local government (City council)

On 05/01/05 the complainant requested documents relating to the consideration of a particular employee's position within CCC, that employee's employment tribunal and the outcomes of that tribunal. In their response, CCC stated that it was necessary to consider the public interest in relation to this request and indicated that they expected to be able to provide the outcome of their consideration of the public interest by 11/02/05. No reference was made to the particular exemption(s) the public interest test was being applied to CCC had neither advised the complainant of a decision nor released the information by the 11/02/05 and still had not done so at the date of issuing the Decision Notice. The Commissioner requires CCC to provide the complainant with either the information requested or a notice detailing why it is in the public interest to withhold or not confirm whether they hold it.

FOI 1: Upheld FOI 17: Upheld