Summary: The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is responsible for the UK-™s publicly funded Micro and Nano Technology facilities. The TSB commissioned a strategic review of the facilities-™ performance and the complainant in this case requested a copy of the report compiled as a result of this review. The TSB refused to provide this report on the basis that it was exempt from disclosure by virtue of the exemptions contained at sections 43(2) and 41(1) of the Act. The Commissioner has concluded that whilst the majority of the report is exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 43(2) some remaining parts of the report are not exempt from disclosure on the basis of either exemption and these parts of the report must be disclosed.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 41 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 43 - Complaint Partly Upheld