Summary: On 13 July 2009 the complainant contacted Coventry City Council to request all the information the public authority sent to the Local Government Ombudsman (the LGO) in connection with a complaint surrounding the care of her sister by a named day care centre run by the public authority. The public authority refused to disclose the requested information under the provisions contained within section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). The Commissioner has investigated and finds that the public authority should have neither confirmed nor denied whether information was held by virtue of section 40(5)(b)(i). He does not require any remedial steps to be taken.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld