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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2024/265771.html
Cite as: [2024] UKICO 265771
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Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
The complainant has requested, from Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council (the Council), information about public health funerals from 2018 onwards, specifically the names and other information relating to the deceased people and their estates. The Council provided the complainant with a link to information it publishes online about public health funerals, and (at internal review stage) explained it holds information about two cases within scope of the request. However it withheld the requested names, dates of birth, last known addresses and estimated estate values, citing section 31 of FOIA (the law enforcement exemption) as its basis for doing so. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council was correct to rely on section 31 of FOIA. The Commissioner doesn’t require any further steps.FOI 31: Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: 265771