31 March 2017, Local government (City council)
The complainant has requested information relating to relation to a Leeds City Council (the council) Executive Board Report dated June 2013 concerning a £9.9m loan to GMV Twelve Ltd (the developer). The council provided some information, but withheld the remainder relying on the exceptions at regulation 12(5)(e) for commercially confidential information and regulation 13 for third party personal data. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council has correctly relied on regulation 12(5)(e) and regulation 13 to withhold the information. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
EIR 12(5)(e): Not upheld EIR 13: Not upheld