13 April 2015, Local government (District council)
The complainant has requested information which he believes was sent to a named person by North East Lincolnshire Council. The information is thought to concern the depositing of debris on the highway by the named individual. The Council responded to the complainant’s request by neither confirming nor denying whether it held the requested information in reliance on section 40(5) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has correctly applied the provisions of section 40(5) in the circumstances of this case. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any further action in this matter.
FOI 40: Not upheld