26 November 2015, Central government
The complainant submitted a request for information relating to the stamp duty receipts from a named company. The public authority neither confirmed nor denied whether it held the information requested on the basis of section 44(2)(a) FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority was entitled to neither confirm nor deny whether it held the information requested on the basis of section 44(2)(a). No steps are required.
FOI 44: Not upheld