31 July 2017, Education (University)
The complainant requested information from the University of East Anglia (“the University”) relating to its decision making process and the decision to close its London campus. In its response the University provided some information but withheld the remainder citing sections 43(2) and 36(2)(b)(ii) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FOIA”) as its basis for doing so. The Commissioner’s decision is that the University is entitled to rely on the exemption at section 43(2) of the FOIA to withhold the information and so does not require the University to take any steps.
FOI 43(2): Not upheld