29 June 2017, Local government (Borough council)
The complainant has requested information from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) about a specified property owned by a third party individual. RBKC has neither confirmed nor denied whether it holds the requested information citing section 40(5) FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that RBKC was correct to rely on section 40(5) to neither confirm nor deny whether the information was held. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.
FOI 40: Not upheld