Link for IOC full Decision notice pdf file: Leeds City Council (Local government) [2025] UKICO 355038 (30 May 2025)
The complainant requested a copy of a report produced for the Council by PWC. The Council has withheld the entire report under section 43(2) of FOIA (commercial interests). It has also withheld parts of the report under section 41 (information provided in confidence), section 40(2) (personal data), section 42 (legal professional privilege) and section 21 (information reasonably accessible to the applicant by other means). The Commissioner-™s decision is that the Council is entitled to withhold the entire report under section 43(2). The Commissioner has therefore not gone on to consider the Council-™s application of the further exemptions cited. The Commissioner does not require further steps.