Valuation Office Agency

The complainant requested a copy of survey notes relating to a specific building. The Valuation Office Agency (the VOA) stated that the information, if held, would be exempt under section 44(1)(a) of the FOIA and explained that the duty to confirm or deny whether the information is held does not arise under section 44(2). The Commissioner’s decision is that the VOA was correct to refuse to confirm or deny that it holds the requested information under section 44(2) of the FOIA.