28 September 2015, Local government (Borough council)
he complainant has requested information from the Council about an alleged safeguarding matter at Wood Fold School. The Council is withholding the information, which it says is exempt from disclosure under section 31(1)(g) of the FOIA (law enforcement). The Commissioner’s decision is that Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council has correctly applied the exemption to the requested information and that the public interest favours maintaining the exemption. He does not require the Council to take any further steps.
FOI 31: Not upheld