Information Commissioner's Office

Summary: The complainant requested the names of two fire officers who would have been assigned to carry out a fire safety check of her home had she not cancelled the appointment. The authority said that as the appointment had been cancelled no fire officers had been assigned to carry out the safety check and so the information was not held. The authority said that information on the pool of officers who might have been assigned to the task was held however this was exempt under section 40(2) of the Act (personal information). On review it upheld its initial decision. The Commissioner's decision is that an objective reading of the complainant's request was that she only requested the names of Fire Officers who would have attended the fires safety assessment had it not been cancelled, and that information is not held by the authority. He has not therefore made a decision on the application of section 40(2).
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Not upheld