Summary: The complainant submitted a request to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) seeking the number of individuals employed on zero-hours contracts, how many hours each person on such contracts worked and the amount each individual was paid. DCLG confirmed that two individuals had been employed on such contracts and for each individual provided the number of days each individual had worked. However, it refused to provide the exact level remuneration each individual received on the basis that it was exempt from disclosure by virtue of section 40(2) of FOIA (the personal data exemption). The Commissioner is satisfied that this information is indeed exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 40(2) of FOIA.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld