The complainant requested information from Surrey Heath Borough Council (the Council), namely an unredacted copy of the investigation report into the payment of an additional duties allowance to the then Chief Executive. The Council refused to provide the requested report, citing sections 40 (personal information), 41 (information provided in confidence) and 36 (prejudice to effective conduct of public affairs) of the FOIA. The Commissioner considered the Council’s application of section 41 to the withheld information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council correctly applied section 41 to the withheld information. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken as a result of this decision.
FOI 41: Complaint not upheld
Citations:
[2021] UKICO IC-42086
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Information
Updated: 18 August 2022; Ref: scu.658018
