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Hartlepool Borough Council
21 February 2017, Local government (Borough council)
The complainant has requested information from Hartlepool Borough Council (the council) regarding the transfer of ownership of Teesside International Airport (TIA) in 2003 and related payments made to Peel Group, along with any irrevocable commitments entered into by Peel Group and any third party commitments by One North East. The council confirmed that it did not hold all the requested information as it was not the lead authority on the matter of TIA. With regard to the information is does hold, it provided some and withheld the remainder under section 43 of the FOIA. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation, the council also sought to rely on section 36(2)(c) to withhold the information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council has failed to adequately demonstrate that section 43(2), section 36(2)(c), or section 40(2) are engaged.
FOI 36: Upheld FOI 40: Not upheld FOI 43: Upheld