The complainant requested details of projected pensions based on a number of employment scenarios. The public authority refused the request on the basis of the exemption provided at section 21 of the Act, that the information is reasonably available to him by other means. It directed him to an online pensions calculator on the NHS Pensions website where it explained that he would be able to obtain the answers to his request. The Commissioner finds that the public authority does not hold the requested information and has breached section 1(1)(a) by not communicating this to the complainant.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 1 – Complaint Upheld, FOI 21 – Complaint Upheld
Citations:
[2010] UKICO FS50286632
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.531729