Summary: The complainant has requested copies of the public authority-™s statement of accounts for the last five years. The public authority has advised that these are available from Companies House so are exempt under section 21(1) (information accessible to the applicant by other means) of the FOIA. The Information Commissioner-™s (the Commissioner) decision is that the public authority appropriately refused to provide the requested information on the basis that it was exempt under section 21(1) by virtue of subsection (2)(b).
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 21 - Complaint Not upheld