23 March 2017, Central government
The complainant submitted a request to the public authority for information relating to changes to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme. The public authority published some of the information held within the scope of the request following the application of the exemption contained at section 22(1) FOIA to that information. It withheld the remaining information in reliance on the exemptions contained at sections 35(1)(a), 40(2) and 43(2) FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority was entitled to rely on the exemption contained at section 35(1)(a) FOIA as the basis for withholding the remaining information held within the scope of the request.
FOI 35: Not upheld