The complainant requested financial information from Blagdon Parish Council. The council provided some information and said that other information was already available, not available or had been withheld because it was exempt personal information in accordance with section 40(2). In a follow up request, the complainant expressed dissatisfaction with the response provided and made further requests. The council said that this further correspondence was vexatious in accordance with section 14(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council correctly relied on section 40(2) and 14(1). However, in relation to the first request, the Commissioner found that the council had failed to identify some relevant information and had incorrectly withheld some information. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose to the complainant the information provided to the council’s external auditor headed ‘Explanation of variances’ proforma -? and disclose to the complainant the breakdown that was prepared in October 2010 apart from the information in this document showing financial figures relating to the clerk’s pension. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2012/0133 allowed.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 10 – Complaint Upheld, FOI 14 – Complaint Not upheld, FOI 40 – Complaint Not upheld
[2012] UKICO FS50425834
Bailii
England and Wales
Updated: 18 August 2021; Ref: scu.529446