The complainant asked Wolverhampton City Council for a copy of an internal audit report relating to a Council-owned property, the Tettenhall Institute. The Council relied on the exemption under section 30(2)(a)(iii) and considered that the public interest favoured maintaining the exemption. The Commissioner considered that the Council’s arguments were not sufficient to enable him to conclude that the exemption had been correctly applied. He therefore requires the Council to disclose a copy of the report and he has found the Council in breach of section 10(1), 1(1)(b), 17(1) and 17(1)(c) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 1 – Complaint Upheld, FOI 10 – Complaint Upheld, FOI 17 – Complaint Upheld
[2011] UKICO FS50349108
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Updated: 10 January 2022; Ref: scu.530494