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Didcot Town Council

The complainant has requested from Didcot Town Council (DTC) financial information relating to the closure of a council leisure centre. DTC refused the request on the grounds that section 41 (Information provided in confidence) of FOIA applied. The Commissioner’s decision is that part of the request was not a valid request for information under FOIA, because it did not meet the requirements of section 8(1)(c) of FOIA. As regards the remainder of the request, he finds that DTC was not entitled to rely on section 41 to withhold information about the amount owed to DTC, as this information was already in the public domain at the time of the request. He also finds that DTC failed to comply with obligations imposed by section 17(1) (Refusal of request) of FOIA to properly identify the basis of its refusal. The Commissioner requires DTC to disclose the information requested at point (4) of the request.

FOI 17: Complaint upheld FOI 41: Complaint upheld FOI 8: Complaint not upheld

Decision notice: ic-111454