Information Commissioner's Office

Summary: The complainant has requested information relating to an Aylestone Community Meeting including copies of draft minutes and notes taken by attendees. Leicester City Council provided some information, confirmed that information generated by councillors attending the meeting was not held and withheld information generated by a council officer under the exemption for prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs (section 36 of the FOIA). The Commissioner has concluded that: in relation to information created by councillors attending the meeting, the council complied with section 1 of the FOIA and correctly confirmed that the information was not held; correctly applied section 36(2)(c) and demonstrated that the public interest favours maintaining the exemption. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 36 - Complaint Not upheld