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Hillmead Primary School (Education) [2024] UKICO 325335 (21 November 2024)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2024/325335.html
Cite as:
[2024] UKICO 325335
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Hillmead Primary School
The complainant has requested information associated with Governing Board meetings. Hillmead Primary School (‘the School’) disclosed a lot of information but withheld some under sections 36, 40, 41 and 43 of FOIA. These exemptions concern prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs, personal data, information provided in confidence and commercial interests respectively. As a result of the Commissioner’s investigation, the School identified further information it considers it can disclose but it is continuing to withhold the remainder. The Commissioner’s decision is as follows: The School correctly applied section 36(2)(b)(ii) of FOIA to the information to which it has applied this exemption. The small amount of information to which the School has applied sections 41(1) and 43(2) doesn’t engage these exemptions. The School hasn’t complied with sections 1(1) and 10(1) of FOIA as it hasn’t communicated all the non-exempt information within the statutory time frame. The School’s refusal notice didn’t meet the requirements of section 17(1). The Commissioner requires the School to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: Disclose the information the School has discussed in its submission to the Commissioner and in correspondence directly with him which it has identified it can disclose, and the information which the Commissioner has found doesn’t engage sections 41(1) and 43(2). The School should redact any personal data from this information as appropriate.
FOI 1(1):
Complaint upheld
FOI 17:
Complaint upheld
FOI 43(2):
Complaint upheld
FOI 41(1):
Complaint upheld
FOI 36(2)(b)(ii):
Complaint not upheld
FOI 10(1):
Complaint upheld
Decision notice:
325335