SIC Information pertaining to the Council’s pre-2007 housing allocation policy – Mr Pearson asked Renfrewshire Council (the Council) for information about its pre-2007 housing allocation policy. The Council responded by providing some information, but withholding the remainder under sections 25(1), 36(1) and 38(1)(b) of FOISA. Further information was disclosed after a review and during the Commissioner’s investigation.
Following the investigation, while the Commissioner found that the Council had generally dealt with the request correctly, she identified certain information which should not have been withheld as subject to legal professional privilege and required its disclosure. She also identified certain information, disclosed during the investigation, which the Council had incorrectly described as reasonably obtainable by Mr Pearson.
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[2012] ScotIC 199 – 2012)
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Updated: 05 April 2022; Ref: scu.470170