Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
- Date 6 August 2018
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 12.5.b: Not upheld
The complainant requested information relating to surveys and repairs of a specified highway area over a specified timeframe. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (the ‘Council’) disclosed some of the requested information, but withheld the remainder under Regulation 12(5)(b) – the course of justice etc – of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has correctly applied regulation 12(5)(b) of the EIR to the withheld information and that the public interest in all the circumstances of the case favours maintaining the exception as set out in Regulation 12(5)(b).The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.