Summary: The complainant has requested information about the supervision of a named member of staff from Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (-the council-). The council refused the request citing section 40(2) of the FOIA. The Commissioner-s decision is that section 40(2) of the FOIA is engaged, and that the council was therefore correct to withhold the information. However, the Commissioner identified that the council issued a refusal notice outside of 20 working days, and therefore breached section 10(1). The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld