Ashfield District Council

The complainant has requested information on the costs paid to third party building company which did work on his house on behalf of the council. The council has applied section 43(2) to the information (commercial interests). When it provided its arguments to the Commissioner it also sought to rely upon section 41 (information provided in confidence). The Commissioner’s decision is that the council was correct to apply section 43(2) to the information. He has therefore not considered the application of section 41 further. The Commissioner does not require the council to take any steps. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2015/0146 dismissed.