Information Commissioner's Office

Liverpool City Council

8 March 2016, Local government (City council)

The complainant has requested information about a draft report relating to bus lanes.  Liverpool City Council confirmed that some of the information was not held and withheld other information under the exceptions for adverse affect to the confidentiality of commercial information (regulation 12(5)(e)) and adverse affect to the interests of the information provider (regulation 12(5)(f)). The Commissioner’s decision is that Liverpool City Council: Correctly confirmed that it does not hold the information in part 2 of the request and complied with regulation 5(1) and, failed to demonstrate that the exceptions in regulation 12(5)(e) and regulation 12(5)(f) are engaged by the information specified in part 1 of the request. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose the report requested in part 1 of the request.

EIR 5(1): Not upheld EIR 12(5)(e): Upheld EIR 12(5)(f): Upheld