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Cite as: [2021] UKICO ic-62205
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Environment Agency
On behalf of their client, the complainant, a firm of solicitors, has requested information associated with an application to the Southern Regional Flood and Coastal Committee relating to grant-in-aid funding. The Environment Agency (EA) released some information and withheld the remainder under regulation 12(5)(b) of the EIR (course of justice). EA considered the public interest favoured maintaining this exception. EA has subsequently advised that, on reconsideration, it considers it could also rely on regulations 12(4)(e) (internal communications) and 12(5)(e) (commercial interests) to withhold the information in question. The Commissioner’s decision is as follows: The information EA is withholding engages the exception under regulation 12(5)(b) of the EIR and the public interest favours maintaining this exception. The Commissioner does not require EA to take any remedial steps.EIR 12(5)(b): Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: ic-62205