Summary: The complainant has requested University of Sussex (-˜the university-™) to disclose a copy of the business case it produced in April 2012 about the university-™s proposals to outsource it catering and facilities management. Initially the university withheld the entire report under sections 41 and 43 of the FOIA. During the Commissioner-™s investigation the university decided to disclose the majority of the report and a small selection of information from Appendix D. The notice has focussed on the remaining withheld information in Appendix D and the university-™s application of section 41 of the FOIA to this information. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the university acted appropriately by withholding the remaining withheld information under section 41 of the FOIA. He therefore requires no further action to be taken.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 41 - Complaint Not upheld