6 February 2017, Local government (District council)
The complainant requested from Wandsworth Council (“the Council”) information about credit balances on its business rate accounts. The Council withheld the information under section 31(1)(a) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has correctly applied section 31(1)(a) to the withheld information and so does not require it to take any further steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
FOI 31: Not upheld