Information Commissioner's Office

Office for Nuclear Regulation

18 May 2015, Central government

The complainant made a freedom of information request to the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) for training materials under a number of specified headings. The ONR refused the request under the exemption in section 43(2) (commercial interests). For some of the withheld information the ONR also applied the exemptions in sections 21 (information accessible by other means, section 24 (national security), section 31 (law enforcement) and section 40 (personal information). The Commissioner’s decision is that the section 43(2) exemption was correctly applied to all of the withheld information and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosure. During the course of the investigation the ONR identified some information which it had not applied an exemption to and which it said could be disclosed. The ONR must disclose to the complainant the information which it has not applied an exemption to and which it informed the Commissioner could be released. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2015/0131 withdrawn.

FOI 43: Not upheld