Cheshire East Council
- Date 26 October 2018
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) FOI 40: Not upheld
The complainant has requested recorded information held by Cheshire East Council concerning the suspension and resignation of the Council’s former Monitoring Officer. The Council has refused to comply with the complainant’s request on the grounds that all of the information is subject to the exemption provided by section 40(2) of the FOIA and certain pieces are subject to the section 41 exemption.
The Commissioner’s decision is that Cheshire East Council has correctly applied section 40(2) of the FOIA to all of the information requested by the complainant. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2018/0246 dismissed.