12 January 2017, Local government (Borough council)
The complainants requested to know who had made a complaint to Reigate and Banstead Borough Council (the Council) about them. The Council refused to provide the requested information citing the exceptions at regulations 12(5)(b) (the course of justice), 12(5)(f) (voluntary supply) and 13 (personal information) of the EIR. The Commissioner has considered the Council’s application of regulation 13 and has concluded that the withheld information is exempt from disclosure under regulation 13 of the EIR. She requires no steps to be taken as a result of this decision.
EIR 13: Not upheld