Information Commissioner's Office

London Borough of Merton Council

7 September 2016, Local government (Borough council)

The complainant has requested from the London Borough of Merton (the “Council”) a copy of the high level ‘output based specification’ for the procurement of the parks and open space maintenance services. The Council refused to disclose the requested information under the ‘material in the course of completion, unfinished documents and incomplete data’ (regulation 12(4)(d)) exception in the EIR. It has also applied the ‘third party personal data’ (regulation 13) exception to a limited part of the requested information. The Commissioner has decided that regulation 12(4)(d) is engaged and that in all the circumstances the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosure. She does not therefore require the Council to take any steps as a result of this notice.

EIR 12(4)(d): Not upheld