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North Somerset Council (Decision Notice) [2014] UKICO FS50503566 (02 January 2014)
Summary: On 8 October 2012 the complainant requested a copy of a report by KMPG about North Somerset Council-™s (the Council-™s) strategic service delivery partnership with Agilisys. The Council provided the complainant with the -˜Final Summary Report-™ but redacted a small portion of it in the basis of section 43(2) of FOIA. The complainant also requested a copy of the -˜Final Detailed Report-™. The Council argued that this version of the report was exempt from disclosure on the basis of sections 36(2)(b)(ii) and (c) of FOIA. It also sought to rely on this exemption in relation to information withheld in relation to a further request the complainant submitted on 18 January 2013 concerning draft versions of the report and correspondence exchanged between the Council and KMPG. The Commissioner has reached the following conclusions - the information redacted from the -˜Final Summary Report-™ is not exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 43(2). The Commissioner has concluded that the -˜Final Detailed Report-™ is not exempt from disclosure on the basis of sections 36(2)(b)(ii) and (c). The remaining information falling within the scope of the request of 18 January 2013 is exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 36(2)(b)(ii) and in all the circumstances the public interest favours maintaining the exemption. The Commissioner requires the public authority to provide the complainant with an unredacted copy of the -˜Final Summary Report-™ and a copy of the -˜Final Detailed Report-™.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 36 - Complaint Partly Upheld, FOI 43 - Complaint Upheld