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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2024/296531.html
Cite as: [2024] UKICO 296531

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University of Birmingham

The complainant has requested copies of an audit of the Guild of Students. The above public authority relied on sections 31 (law enforcement), 41 (breach of confidence) and 43 (commercial interests) of FOIA to withhold the information. The Commissioner’s decision is that only a small part of the information engages section 31 of FOIA – though where it does, the public interest favours maintaining that exemption. Where section 31 is not engaged, neither section 41 nor section 43 is engaged either. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: Disclose the five documents it identified to the Commissioner as comprising the withheld information – with the exception of the second paragraph under the subheading “Positive Observations”. The public authority may also make appropriate redactions to protect personal information.

FOI 31: Complaint partly upheld FOI 43: Complaint upheld FOI 41: Complaint upheld

Decision notice: 296531