The complainant requested information about looked-after children. Specifically, she asked to know about the number of instances where other local authorities had placed children in care in St Helens Council’s (SHC) area, and the number of instances where SHC had placed children in care in other local authority areas. SHC disclosed much of the information falling within scope of the request. However, it refused to disclose the number of placements made by, or with, individual councils, where this was five or less, citing section 40(2) (personal information) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that SHC was entitled to rely on section 40(2) of the FOIA to withhold this information. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2020/0053 under appeal.
FOI 40: Complaint not upheld
Citations:
[2020] UKICO fs50839647
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England and Wales
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Updated: 24 November 2022; Ref: scu.653467