18 September 2017, Local government (Borough council)
The complainant has requested various items of information including dates of disputes between two specified properties. Caerphilly County Borough Council refused to neither confirm nor deny whether it held relevant information citing section 40(5)(b)(i) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that Caerphilly County Borough Council has correctly relied on section 40(5)(b)(i) to neither confirm or deny whether it holds relevant information. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.
FOI 40: Not upheld