Tag: Information

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (Local Government): ICO 18 May 2018

The complainant requested information about a lease agreement with Holland Park School. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea failed to respond to the request within 20 working days and has therefore breached Section 10 of the Freedom of Information Act (‘the FOIA’). The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: issue a substantive response, under the FOIA, to the request.
FOI 10: Complaint upheld

Citations:

[2018] UKICO FS50733831

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

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Updated: 23 April 2022; Ref: scu.617829

Cabinet Office (Central Government): ICO 16 May 2018

The complainant requested information held in relation to the decision to change the name of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The information was withheld by the public authority on the basis of the exemptions at sections 35(1)(a) and 42(1) FOIA. The Commissioner concluded that the public authority was entitled to rely on the exemption at section 42(1) to withhold some of the information but was not entitled to rely on the exemption at section 35(1)(a) to withhold the rest of the information.
FOI 35: Complaint not upheld FOI 42: Complaint upheld

Citations:

[2018] UKICO fs50699814

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

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Updated: 23 April 2022; Ref: scu.617777

Cabinet Office (Central Government): ICO 15 May 2018

The complainant submitted a request to the Cabinet Office for a report generated as a result of a lessons learned exercise into the Exemplar programme, a project concerning the transformation of digital services. The Cabinet Office withheld the information on the basis of section 35(1)(a) (formulation and development of government policy). The Commissioner has concluded that the information is exempt on the basis of section 35(1)(a) but that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in maintaining the exemption.
FOI 35: Complaint upheld

Citations:

[2018] UKICO fs50713221

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

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Updated: 23 April 2022; Ref: scu.617778

Cabinet Office (Central Government): ICO 14 May 2018

The complainant requested copies of all guidelines issued by the public authority in relation to responding to requests for information concerning cyber-attacks under the FOIA. The public authority withheld the guidance held within the scope of the request on the basis of the exemptions at section 23(1) and section 36(2)(b)(i) and (ii) FOIA. The Commissioner concluded that the public authority was entitled to rely on the exemption at section 23(1). She however found the public authority in breach of the procedural provision in section 10(1) FOIA for failing to respond to the request within 20 working days.
FOI 23: Complaint not upheld

Citations:

[2018] UKICO fs50679772

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

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Updated: 23 April 2022; Ref: scu.617776

BBC (Other): ICO 4 May 2018

The complainant requested information relating to the television production Strictly Come Dancing. The BBC has failed to respond to this request. The Commissioner considers that the BBC breached section 10(1) FOIA in the handling of this request. The Commissioner requires the public authority to provide the complainant with a response to this request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA.
FOI 10: Complaint upheld

Citations:

[2018] UKICO fs50729105

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

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Updated: 23 April 2022; Ref: scu.617772

BBC (Other): ICO 25 May 2018

The complainant requested information relating to a monument of George Orwell. The BBC has failed to respond to this request. The Commissioner considers that the BBC breached section 10(1) FOIA in the handling of this request. The Commissioner requires the public authority to provide the complainant with a response to this request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA.
FOI 10: Complaint upheld

Citations:

[2018] UKICO fs50725917

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

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Updated: 23 April 2022; Ref: scu.617771

BBC (Other): ICO 18 May 2018

The complainant has requested the number of complaints made against Frankie Boyle. The BBC explained the information was covered by the derogation and excluded from FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that this information was held by the BBC for the purposes of ‘journalism, art or literature’ and did not fall inside FOIA. She therefore upholds the BBC’s position and requires no remedial steps to be taken in this case.
FOI 1: Complaint not upheld

Citations:

[2018] UKICO fs50731459

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

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Updated: 23 April 2022; Ref: scu.617773

BBC (Other): ICO 25 Apr 2018

The complainant has requested information relating to the amounts of payments through personal companies. The BBC failed to respond to this request for information and the Commissioner’s decision is that in doing so the BBC breached section 10(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). The Commissioner requires the public authority to provide the complainant with a response to this request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA.
FOI 10: Complaint upheld

Citations:

[2018] UKICO fs50730571

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

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Updated: 23 April 2022; Ref: scu.617701

Cabinet Office (Central Government) FS50719572: ICO 10 Apr 2018

The complainant submitted a request to the Cabinet Office seeking information about the decision to award Kevin Spacey any honours. The Cabinet Office confirmed it held information falling within the scope of the request but it withheld this on the basis of section 37(1)(b) (the conferring by the Crown of any honour or dignity) and section 40(2) (personal data) of FOIA. The Commissioner has concluded that that the withheld information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 37(1)(b) of FOIA and that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest favours maintaining the exemption.
FOI 37: Complaint not upheld

Citations:

[2018] UKICO FS50719572

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

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Updated: 23 April 2022; Ref: scu.617710

Cabinet Office (Central Government): ICO 23 Apr 2018

The complainant has requested information on information relating to Cabinet discussions concerning the European Union (‘EU’) referendum in the period immediately before and after the referendum. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Cabinet Office has appropriately relied on section 35(3) for section 35(1)(a) and (b) (Formulation of government policy etc.) to refuse the request. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take the any steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
FOI 35: Complaint not upheld

Citations:

[2018] UKICO FS50700012

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

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Updated: 23 April 2022; Ref: scu.617709