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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2024/247735.html
Cite as: [2024] UKICO 247735

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Bank of England

The complainant submitted a request to the Bank of England (the Bank) seeking the amount it had spent on third party fees in respect of an Employment Tribunal claim which he had brought against the Bank. The Bank confirmed that it held the requested information but refused to provide this as it considered it to be exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 43(2) (commercial interests) of FOIA. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation, the Bank withdrew its reliance on section 43(2) and instead argued that the withheld information was exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 36(2)(c). The Commissioner’s decision is that the withheld information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 36(2)(c) and that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure of the information.

FOI 36(2)(c): Complaint not upheld

Decision notice: 247735