Summary: The complainant requested the disclosure of the business plan for Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School - a new state-funded Free School. The Department for Education (the -DfE-) confirmed it held the relevant information but refused to comply with the request on the basis that it had a settled intention to publish the information prior to the request being received (section 22(1)(a)). The Commissioner has found that the DfE was correct to apply section 22 to the request. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 22 - Complaint Not upheld