30 November 2017, Education (Other)
The complainant has requested all the witness statements that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) obtained as part of its investigation into an incident in October 2015. HSE withheld the information, citing the exemption under section 40(2) (third party personal data) of the FOIA as its basis for doing so. The Commissioner’s decision is that HSE correctly applied section 40(2) of the FOIA and does not need to take any further action.
FOI 40(2): Not upheld