Information Commissioner's Office

Northumbrian Water Limited

11 February 2016, Health (Other)

The complainant made a request to Northumbrian Water for information relating to the Whitburn system.  Northumbrian Water refused to comply with parts a-f of the request as it considers this to be manifestly unreasonable under regulation 12(4)(b) EIR. It refused to provide the information relevant to part g of the request under regulation 12(4)(d) EIR which applies to material which is still in the course of completion, to unfinished documents or to incomplete data. The complainant asked Northumbrian Water to conduct an internal review only in relation to parts a-d and f of his request. Northumbrian Water upheld its application of regulation 12(4)(b) EIR to parts a-d and f of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that Northumbrian Water has correctly applied regulation 12(4)(b) to parts a-d and f of the request. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.

EIR 12(4)(b): Not upheld