Oxfordshire County Council
- Date 22 October 2014
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) FOI 40: Not upheld
The complainant requested a copy of a named report from Oxfordshire County Council (the ’Council’) relating to allegations he had made about some of its officers falsifying safeguarding records. The Council provided some information, but withheld the remainder under section 40(2) of FOIA, (personal information). The Commissioner’s decision is that under FOIA the Council was not obliged to confirm whether or not it held the requested information on the basis of section 40(5)(a). The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken as a result of this decision.