20 April 2016, Local government (City council)
The complainant has requested recorded information which relates to the lease of two offices to Conserve Africa Foundation, which are subject to a dispute and possible recovery action in respect of council tax. Where City of York Council holds recorded information which falls within the scope of the complainant’s request, the Commissioner has decided that the Council is entitled to rely on section 31(1)(d) of the FOIA to withhold it. Where the Council says that it does not hold recorded information falling within the scope of the complainant’s request, the Commissioner has decided that, on the balance of probabilities, the Council has complied with section 1 of the FOIA, in advising the complainant of this position. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take no further action in this matter.
FOI 31: Not upheld