The complainant has requested information associated with the HS2 high speed rail project. High Speed 2 Ltd (‘HS2 Ltd’) released some information and has advised it does not hold other information the complainant has requested. The complainant is not satisfied with HS2 Ltd’s response to two parts of his request. The Commissioner’s decision is as follows: On the balance of probabilities, HS2 Ltd does not hold information falling within the scope pf Q3 and Q4(ii) of the complainant’s request and its response to those parts complied with section 1(1)(a) of the FOIA. To the degree that any of the information within scope of the above two parts of the request can be categorised as environmental information, the Commissioner is satisfied that regulation 12(4)(a) of the EIR is engaged because HS2 Ltd did not hold that information at the time of the request. The Commissioner does not require HS2 Ltd to take any remedial steps.
FOI 1: Complaint not upheld
Citations:
[2021] UKICO IC-42626
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 30 November 2022; Ref: scu.659756
