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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2018/fs50672259.html
Cite as: [2018] UKICO fs50672259

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St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Eltham

The complainant has requested information from St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Eltham (“the School”) relating to a Memorandum of Understanding. Some information was provided within the scope of the request, but the School withheld sections from three sets of minutes of meetings of the School’s Governing Body. The Commissioner’s decision is that the School has correctly withheld this information under section 36(2) of the FOIA – Prejudicial to the effective conduct of public affairs. In addition, some items from the Costs column of the School Action Plan, which fell within the scope of the request, were withheld. The Commissioner’s decision is that the school correctly withheld some of these items under section 40(2) of the FOIA – Third party personal data – and correctly withheld one item under section 43(2) – Commercial interests. However, the Commissioner has determined that the disclosure of row 4.2 of the Costs column of the School Action Plan for the academic year 2015-2016, which was withheld under section 40(2), would not breach any principle of the Data Protection Act 1998, and should be disclosed to the complainant. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation: Provide the complainant with row 4.2 of the School Action Plan for the academic year 2015-2016, unredacted.

FOI 43: Complaint not upheld FOI 40: Complaint partly upheld FOI 36: Complaint not upheld

Decision notice: fs50672259