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Cite as: [2025] UKICO 349445

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Link to IOC for full Decision notice pdf file: North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority (Local government) [2025] UKICO 349445 (13 May 2025)

The complainant has requested Fire Safety Reports and related information regarding a specific site. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (NYFRS) provided some information but withheld other information, applying sections 40(2) FOIA - personal information, 38(1)(a) FOIA - health and safety, 31(1)(a) - law enforcement and section 43(2) FOIA - commercial interests. The Commissioner's decision is that some information was correctly withheld under sections 31 and 38 and that the public interest favours non-disclosure. Other information does not engage sections 38, and 31, though it does engage section 43(2) where the public interest favours disclosure. The Commissioner has also decided that the information withheld under section 40(2) has been correctly withheld. The Commissioner requires NYFRS to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
● Disclose all the information that has been withheld, apart from the information on p.14 (repeated on p.15) which was withheld under sections 31 and 38 and the information withheld under section 40(2).

  • FOI 31(1)(a):Partly upheld
  • FOI 38(1)(a):Partly upheld
  • FOI 40(2):Not upheld
  • FOI 43(2):Not upheld
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