Department of the Environment Northern Ireland

The complainant requested information relating to mobile telephones issued to staff by the Department of the Environment. The Department provided some information to the complainant and withheld further information under section 40(2) of the FOIA. The Department also claimed that part 6 of the request was not a valid request under section 8(1)(c) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Department was entitled to rely on section 40(2) in relation to the withheld information. However the Commissioner finds that part 6 of the request was valid and requires the Department to provide a response to it in accordance with the provisions of the FOIA.