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Bolton Council (Decision Notice) [2011] UKICO FS50363088 (06 October 2011)
Summary: The complainant has requested the names of Heads or Senior Managers of each department at Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. The Commissioner-™s decision is that Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council has not dealt with the request for information in accordance with the FOIA by incorrectly withholding information under the personal information exemption, and taking too long to respond and provide the information. However, the Commissioner has decided that the following element of the request was dealt with in accordance with the FOIA: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council correctly determined that the information in the two specific instances referred to in the confidential annex was correctly withheld under the personal information exemption. The Commissioner requires Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation: Provide the complainant with the names of Heads or Senior Managers of each department at Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council as at the time of the request.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 40 - Complaint Partly Upheld