10 November 2016, Education (Other)
The complainant has requested information from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) about pilot incidents and detailed reasons for failed medical checks. The CAA refused to provide the requested information, relying on sections 44 (prohibitions on disclosure) and 12 (exceeding the appropriate cost limit) of the FOIA to do so. In particular the CAA cited the statutory prohibition on disclosure created by European Regulation (EU) No. 376/2014. The Commissioner’s decision is that the CAA has correctly applied sections 44 and 12 and the Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.
FOI 12: Not upheld FOI 44: Not upheld