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City of London (Decision Notice) [2010] UKICO FS50252171 (15 December 2010)
Summary: The complainant requested the City of London (-˜the CoL-™) to release a copy of the Church of Scientology Religious Education College-™s (-˜COSREC-™) application for mandatory rate relief and any supporting documents or information submitted with it. The CoL released a redacted version of the application form but refused to disclose further information it held, as it considered that it was exempt from disclosure under sections 31(1)(d), 40(2) and 41 of the Act. As the complainant remained dissatisfied, he approached the Commissioner. During the Commissioner-™s investigation the CoL made the information withheld under sections 31(1)(d) and 41 of the Act available to the public via its website. It also confirmed that it was willing to send copies of some of the previously withheld information to the complainant via post or make it available for inspection at its offices. For this information, the complaint was informally resolved. During the Commissioner-™s investigation the CoL also claimed a late reliance upon section 21 of the Act for some of the remaining withheld information. This Notice has focussed on what information remains and the CoL-™s application of sections 21 and 40(2) of the Act. For section 21, the Commissioner considered the application of this exemption to each of the documents the CoL claimed it applied. He concluded that this information is exempt from disclosure by virtue of section 21 of the Act. In respect of the CoL-™s application of section 40(2) of the Act, the Commissioner concluded that all remaining information, except document 33, was exempt from disclosure under the Act by virtue of this exemption. For document 33, the Commissioner concluded that some of the information should be released. He has therefore ordered the CoL to agree to make a redacted version of this document available to the complainant either via post or inspection at its offices within 35 days of this Notice. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2010/0199 dismissed.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 17 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 21 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 40 - Complaint Partly Upheld