Information Commissioner's Office

Durham University

20 July 2017, Education (University)

The complainant made a freedom of information request to the University of Durham for details of candidates’ test marks for 11+ exams set by the University’s Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring. The University disclosed some of the requested information but withheld other information under the section 43(2) (commercial interests) exemption. The Commissioner’s decision is that the remaining withheld information is exempt from disclosure under section 43(2) and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure. The Commissioner also found that the University breached section 10(1) (time for compliance) in its handling of the request but requires no steps to be taken. This decision notice is currently under appeal to the Tribunal.

FOI 43: Not upheld FOI 10: Upheld