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Cite as: [2013] UKICO FER473938, [2013] UKICO FER0473938
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Department for Communities and Local Government (Decision Notice) [2013] UKICO FER0473938 (19 August 2013)
Summary: The complainant has requested correspondence between the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) since 1 March 2012. The Complainant also requested communications made since 1 March 2012 with any other party relating to the proposed expansion of Lydd Airport and the nuclear safety issues associated with that expansion, together with any internal communications on the same subject. The DCLG provided some Information but withheld other information under the exceptions provided by regulations 12(4)(e) -“ internal communications, 12(4)(d) -“ material still in the course of completion, 12(5)(b) -“ course of justice, and 12(3) -“ personal data. The complainant has only contested the application of, and public interest in maintaining regulation 12(4)(e). The Commissioner-™s decision is that the majority of the information withheld under regulation 12(4)(e) either does not qualify as an internal communication or, where the regulation has been correctly applied to an internal communication, the public interest in favour of maintaining the exception does not outweigh the public interest in disclosure. However there are some internal communications that should be withheld in the public interest.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: EIR 12.4.e - Complaint Partly Upheld