Department for Business Innovation and Skills
- Date 26 March 2013
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 29: Upheld, FOI 35: Not upheld, FOI 42: Not upheld, FOI 43: Not upheld
The complainant has requested information connected to a Select Committee report on Pub Companies. The public authority has provided some information but withheld the remainder citing the exemptions at sections 29, 35(1), 40(2), 41, 42 and 43(2) of the FOIA; the complainant did not contest the citing of section 40(2). The Commissioner’s decision is that, except for document 175, sections 35, 42 and 43(3) are all engaged and the public interest in maintaining these exemptions is upheld. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take disclose the document numbered 175.