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Cite as: [2020] UKICO IC-46767
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Welsh Language Commissioner
The complainant requested copies of terms of reference and reports of investigations which the Welsh Language Commissioner (‘the WLC’) had undertaken. The WLC initially applied section 12 of the FOIA to the request on the basis that compliance would exceed the appropriate limit. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation, the WLC disclosed some information relevant to the request and maintained that the remaining information was exempt under sections 31, 44(1) and 40(2) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the WLC has correctly applied sections 31 and 44 and 40(2) to the information it has continued to withhold from the terms of reference. However, in failing to comply with section 1(1) within the required timescale, the Commissioner finds that the WLC breached section 10 of the FOIA. The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken. Crynodeb: Gofynnodd yr achwynydd am gopïau o'r cylchoedd gorchwyl a’r adroddiadau ar ymchwiliadau yr oedd Comisiynydd y Gymraeg wedi'u cynnal. I ddechrau, cymhwysodd Comisiynydd y Gymraeg adran 12 o'r Ddeddf at y cais ar y sail y byddai cydymffurfio yn mynd y tu hwnt i'r terfyn priodol. Yn ystod ymchwiliad y Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth, datgelodd Comisiynydd y Gymraeg rywfaint o wybodaeth a oedd yn berthnasol i'r cais a daliai fod gweddill yr wybodaeth wedi'i hesemptio o dan adrannau 31, 44(1) a 40(2) o'r Ddeddf. Penderfyniad y Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth yw bod Comisiynydd y Gymraeg wedi cymhwyso adrannau 31 a 44 a 40(2) yn gywir at yr wybodaeth y mae wedi parhau i'w chadw'n ôl o'r cylchoedd gorchwyl. Er hynny, drwy fethu cydymffurfio ag adran 1(1) o fewn yr amserlen ofynnol, mae'r Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth o'r farn bod Comisiynydd y Gymraeg wedi torri adran 10 o'r Ddeddf. Nid yw'r Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth yn gofyn bod unrhyw gamau’n cael eu cymryd. Sylwch fod fersiwn Cymraeg a fersiwn Saesneg o'r hysbysiad penderfynu wedi'u cynnwys yn y PDF isod.FOI 31: Complaint not upheld FOI 10: Complaint upheld FOI 40: Complaint not upheld FOI 44: Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: IC-46767