Copeland Borough Council (Local Government): ICO 19 May 2022

The complainant has requested information from Copeland Borough Council (‘the Council’) relating to Covid-19 grants for a small business. The Council disclosed some of the requested information but refused to disclose the remainder (‘the withheld information’), citing section 31(1)(a) of FOIA as a basis for non-disclosure. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has correctly applied the above exemption to the withheld information. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.
FOI 31: Complaint not upheld

Citations:

[2022] UKICO ic-103048, [2022] UKICO 103048

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Information

Updated: 22 August 2022; Ref: scu.679262