The complainant requested information about whether ex gratia payments had been made by the public authority and if so when the decision was made and how much for. The public authority initially neither confirmed nor denied that it held the information, claiming that the information was personal data. The authority later wrote to the complainant confirming an ex gratia payment had been made but refused to give details of date or amount. The Commissioner found that the information was not personal data and ordered the release of the information.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 10 – Complaint Upheld, FOI 17 – Complaint Upheld, FOI 40 – Complaint Upheld
Citations:
[2009] UKICO FS50189978
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Information
Updated: 13 June 2022; Ref: scu.532217