Home Office

The complainant has requested information relating to the “Educational Oversight” process. The public authority confirmed that it held information but stated that it was exempt under section 35(1) of the FOIA. During the Information Commissioner’s investigation the public authority found further information to which it cited sections 43(2) and 36(2)(c). The Information Commissioner’s decision is that section 35 is engaged but that the public interest in maintaining the exemption does not outweigh that in disclosure for some of the information. He finds that sections 43(2) or 36(2) are not engaged and this information should therefore also be disclosed. The Information Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose documents 1, 9, 10; disclose documents 7 and 8 other than the small amount of personal data contained in the agreements.