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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2019/fer0835896.html
Cite as: [2019] UKICO fer835896, [2019] UKICO fer0835896

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Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

The complainant requested the Office of Government Commerce (‘OGC’) Gateway July 2017 Review on smart metering. The Commissioner’s decision is that BEIS correctly considered the request under the EIR and regulation 12(4)(e) – internal communications, is engaged in respect of the withheld information. Nevertheless, she has decided that the public interest favours disclosure. BEIS also applied regulation 13(1)- personal data to some of the withheld information. The Commissioner finds that this regulation is engaged only in respect of some of the information withheld in reliance of regulation 13(1). The Commissioner finds BEIS in breach of regulation 11(4) for the failure to provide the complainant with its reconsideration within 40 working days. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose in full the Review of July 2017 with the exception of the names of junior staff/officials.

EIR 13(1): Complaint partly upheld EIR 11(4): Complaint upheld EIR 12(4)(e): Complaint upheld

Decision notice: fer0835896