Summary: The complainant requested details about the replacement of a Headteacher with an acting Deputy Head at a named school. Manchester City Council (the -˜Council-™) responded stating that it did not hold the requested information. Following an internal review it provided some information and applied the exemption for personal information (section 40(2)) to the remainder. During the investigation the Council reverted to its original position that no information was held at the time the request was made. The Information Commissioner-™s decision is that the information the Council identified at internal review was not held at the time of the request and has concluded, on the balance of probabilities, that the Council did not hold the requested information at the time of the request. He does not require the Council to take any steps.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Not upheld