The complainant has requested the results of an investigation by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) into allegations of maladministration at a Primary School. The complainant also asked for any communications, documents or notes relating to the results and investigation. The STA identified relevant information and sought to withhold this under section 36(2), 41 and 40(2) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the STA has correctly withheld the majority of the information under section 36(2)(b) and (c) of the FOIA but in the case of one letter finds the public interest favours disclosure. The Commissioner considered if section 41 could be applied to withhold this letter and concluded the exemption was not engaged. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose the information from ‘letter to close the investigation’ with appropriate redactions made for any personal data.
FOI 36: Complaint partly upheld FOI 41: Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2019] UKICO fs50785625
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 06 July 2022; Ref: scu.638008
