Information Commissioner's Office

Wark Parish Council

9 November 2015, Local government (Parish council)

The complainant has requested information about correspondence, meeting minutes and payments to a particular Trust. Wark Parish Council (‘the Council’) released related information that it holds having redacted some which it says is exempt under section 40(2) (third person personal data). The Commissioner’s decision is that Wark Parish Council has released all the relevant information that it holds and has met its obligations under section 1(1) of the FOIA. He is satisfied that the Council has correctly applied the exemption under section 40(2) to the information it has redacted. The Commissioner finds, however, that its fees notice does not comply with section 9(3). As the complainant has already paid the fee requested and received the requested information, the Commissioner has not ordered any steps to be taken on this occasion. However he expects the Council to note the Commissioner’s finding in this case and amend its fees for photocopying for future requests.

FOI 1: Not upheld FOI 9: Upheld FOI 40: Not upheld