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London Metropolitan University (Decision Notice) [2013] UKICO FS50497753 (04 December 2013)
Summary: The complainant has asked London Metropolitan University (the -śUniversity-ť) where he could access copies of recent minutes produced by the University. The University explained that it was planning to publish its Board of Governors-™ minutes in the future and was therefore not obliged to disclose this information at the present time by virtue of section 22(1) of FOIA (information intended for future publication). During the course of the Commissioner-™s investigation, the University also introduced the following exemptions to parts of the minutes -“ section 30(2)(a)(iv) (investigations and proceedings), section 37(1) (communications with the Royal Household), section 42(1) (legal professional privilege) and section 43(2) (commercial interests). The complainant has confirmed that he did not require the Commissioner to consider as part of this notice the University-™s application of section 43(2) of FOIA and one other piece of information, namely bank account numbers referred to in the minutes. For the remaining areas of the complaint, the Commissioner has found that sections 22, 30(2)(a)(iv) and 42(1) are not engaged. In respect of section 37(1) of FOIA, the Commissioner considers that the exemption is engaged and that the public interest lies in favour of withholding the information. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose the requested minutes with the exception of the bank account numbers and the information to which the University had applied sections 37(1) and 43(2) of FOIA.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 22 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 30 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 37 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 42 - Complaint Upheld