The complainant made a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to the Information Commissioner’s Office for information relating to employees’ associations with and declarations of interest in Common Purpose. The ICO initially decided that it could not confirm or deny whether the requested information was held because to do so would exceed the cost limit. At the internal review stage the ICO overturned the decision to apply the cost limit argument and instead confirmed it did not hold any information in relation to the request in accordance with section 1(1)(a) of the Act. The Commissioner has investigated and has found that section 12 did apply. The Commissioner has found a breach of section 1(1)(a) of the Act. He has also found the ICO in breach of section 16(1).
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 1 – Complaint Upheld, FOI 12 – Complaint Partly Upheld, FOI 16 – Complaint Upheld
Citations:
[2011] UKICO FS50320587
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 22 October 2022; Ref: scu.530417