Summary: The complainant has requested copies of funding documents and correspondence between the Arts Council England (ACE) and various organisations as well as details of any complaints sent to the ACE by a number of individuals and organisations. ACE identified information within the scope of the request and redacted some personal information on the basis of section 40(2), withheld some information on the basis of section 41(1) and considered it could neither confirm nor deny if other information was held without disclosing information provided in confidence (section 41(2)). The Commissioner-™s decision is that ACE has correctly applied the exemptions to withhold some information and to neither confirm nor deny if information was held.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 41 - Complaint Not upheld