Summary: The complainant has requested information connected with the licensed budget deficit at The Cottesloe School created in the first quarter of 2012. Buckinghamshire County Council (-BCC-) refused to provide this citing exemptions at section 36 (Prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs). The Commissioner-s decision is that BCC is entitled to rely on all three of the exemptions within section 36 that it cited (section 36(2)(b)(i) and (ii) and section 36(2)(c). However, in failing to respond to the request in a timely manner, it contravened the requirements of section 1(1) and section 10(1). No steps are required.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 36 - Complaint Not upheld