SIC Consultancy contract: economic development of Edinburgh’s East End – On 15 January 2015, Mr Tibbitt asked City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) for information about a consultancy contract relating to the economic development of Edinburgh’s East End.
The Council considered the request under the EIRs, and initially responded by providing some information and purporting to withhold the remainder on the basis that it was commercially confidential. Following a review, the Council changed its position and informed Mr Tibbitt that it did not hold the information. Mr Tibbitt remained dissatisfied and applied to the Commissioner for a decision.
The Commissioner investigated and found that the Council had partially failed to respond to Mr Tibbitt’s request for information in accordance with the EIRs. While she accepted that the Council did not hold the information requested, on its own interpretation of the request, the Commissioner found that this interpretation was too narrow and required the Council to give a further response to Mr Tibbitt in respect of the remaining information.
[2015] ScotIC 121 – 2015
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Updated: 04 January 2022; Ref: scu.552534