7 July 2014, Local government (Other)
The complainant has requested a copy of information held by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in which was the subject of an earlier decision notice. The complainant also requested any information which provided an explanation for a statement within this earlier decision notice. The ICO confirmed that only information within the first part of the request was held. This was considered to be exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 44(1)(a) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the ICO has correctly applied section 44 by virtue of section 59 of the Data Protection Act 1998, as amended by the FOIA, to withhold this information. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2014/0190 dismissed.
FOI 44: Not upheld