20 February 2017, Local government (Parish council)
The complainant has requested a copy of an unredacted letter which was read out at a meeting of Hickling Parish Council. Hickling Parish Council has disclosed this letter to the complainant together with a second related letter. Notwithstanding this disclosure, the Council determined that the names, addresses and signatures of the eight signatories should be withheld in reliance on section 40(2) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that Hickling Parish Council has correctly applied section 40(2) to the information it has withheld from the complainant.
FOI 40: Not upheld