On 17 December 2015, Mr T asked City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) for information contained in a report produced by Safecall and in a letter relating to a whistleblowing allegation.
The Council responded, withholding the information under three separate exemptions of FOISA, one of which was section 30(c) (Prejudice to effective conduct of public affairs). Following a review, Mr T remained dissatisfied and applied to the Commissioner for a decision.
The Commissioner investigated and found that the Council had properly responded to Mr T’s request for information in accordance with Part 1 of FOISA. She found that the exemption in section 30(c) of FOISA was correctly applied to all the information Mr T sought.
[2016] ScotIC 181 – 2016
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Updated: 07 October 2021; Ref: scu.569163