Summary: The complainant has requested correspondence and notes relating to the Secretary of State for Education-™s visit to the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School. The Department for Education (DfE) disclosed some information in response to the request but withheld other information on the basis of section 40(2) and 36(2)(b)(i). Following an internal review, the DfE released some of the information previously withheld but also identified more information within the scope of the request that it considered should be withheld on the basis of section 40(2) and 36(2)(b)(i). The Commissioner-™s decision is that section 36 is engaged and after considering the public interest arguments the DfE has correctly withheld the outstanding two pieces of information. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 36 - Complaint Not upheld