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Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (Decision Notice) [2010] UKICO FS50256378 (02 September 2010)
Summary: The complainant requested from HEFCW a report which it had commissioned into a particular university. HEFCW initially refused to disclose the information on the basis that it was exempt under sections 36 and 43 of the Act. Prior to the Commissioner-™s investigation, HEFCW disclosed a redacted version of the report, and relied on sections 40 and 41 in relation to the remaining withheld information. The complainant remained dissatisfied with the information which HEFCW had withheld under section 41 and the Commissioner-™s investigation has focussed on this information. After investigating the case the Commissioner has concluded that some of the information has been correctly withheld under section 41. However, he has also decided that some of the information withheld under section 41 was not exempt, and should therefore be disclosed. The Commissioner has also identified procedural shortcomings in the way HEFCW handled the complainant-™s request.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 17 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 41 - Complaint Partly Upheld