Mr Carlin requested from Renfrewshire Council (the Council) all documents relating to a specified investigation of a Councillor. The Council responded by withholding the information under sections 34(1) and 38 of FOISA. Following a review, in which the Council upheld its decision to withhold the information, Mr Carlin remained dissatisfied and applied to the Commissioner for a decision.
Following an investigation, the Commissioner found that the Council had dealt with Mr Carlin’s request for information in accordance with Part 1 of FOISA. He found that the information was properly withheld under section 34(1)(b) of FOISA, on the basis that it was information which had been held by the Council for the purposes of carrying out a relevant investigation and the public interest lay in withholding this information.
Citations:
[2009] ScotIC 003 – 2009
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Updated: 08 September 2022; Ref: scu.433952