City of London Corporation

The complainant has requested information on a complete and up-to-date list of all business (non-residential) property rates data held by the City of London (COL). The council applied section 31(1)(a) to the information stating that it would prejudice the prevention and detection of crime to disclose the information because it would provide details which would facilitate the commission of fraud against the council. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council was correct to apply Regulation 31(1)(a) to the information as the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure of the information. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take the any steps. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2018/0031 withdrawn.