National Gallery
- Date 22 January 2013
- Sector Other
- Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld, FOI 17: Upheld, FOI 36: Not upheld, FOI 40: Not upheld
The complainant requested information held by the National Gallery (“the gallery”) relating to a drawing known as La Bella Principessa. The gallery disclosed some information and withheld other information using exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the FOIA”). The exemptions relied on were section 36(2)(b)(i) and (ii), relating to prejudice to the provision of advice and exchange of views for the purposes of deliberation, section 41(1), relating to information provided in confidence, and section 40(2), the exemption relating to third party personal data. The Commissioner’s decision is that the gallery correctly withheld information using the exemptions under sections 36(2)(b)(i) and (ii), section 40(2) and 41(1) of the FOIA. He found breaches of section 1(1)(b), 10(1) and 17(1). The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken.