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Salford City Council

The complainant requested information about looked-after children. Specifically, she asked to know about the number of instances where other local authorities had placed children in care in Salford City Council’s (SCC) area, and the number of instances where SCC had placed children in care in other local authority areas. SCC disclosed most of the information falling within scope of the request. It refused to disclose a small amount of information about placements it had made in other local authority areas, citing section 40(2) (personal information) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that SCC was entitled to rely on section 40(2) of the FOIA to withhold the information. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2020/0057 under appeal. 

FOI 40: Complaint not upheld

Decision notice: fs50825882