8 June 2016, Local government (Other)
The complainant has requested information about the names of companies with a particular consumer credit licence. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released information relating to firms to which the FCA has given interim permission. It has applied the exemption at section 21(3) of the FOIA to information it holds about firms with full permission. The FCA is withholding this information because it says it is already reasonably accessible to the complainant. The Commissioner’s decision is that the FCA has correctly applied section 21(3) to the withheld information. He does not require the FCA to take any steps.
FOI 21: Not upheld