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Middlesbrough Council (Decision Notice) [2012] UKICO FS50447032 (03 September 2012)
Summary: The complainant has requested details of any compensation payments resulting from defamatory comments made by the Mayor of Middlesbrough about an employee of Middlesbrough Council (the Council). The Council refused to confirm or deny if it held this information and cited the exemption from the duty to confirm or deny provided by section 40(5) (personal information) of the FOIA. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the Council has applied the exemption provided by section 40(5) correctly and so it is not required to confirm or deny whether this information is held.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld