Department for Education
- Date 31 January 2019
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) EIR 12.4.a: Not upheld, EIR 14: Upheld, EIR 5: Upheld
The complainant has requested the Department for Education (DfE) to disclose information relating to a piece of land it purchased to build a new secondary school. The complainant believes the Land Registry documents reference various covenants and other restrictions on the land and asked the DfE to provide full details of how it had discharged these covenants to enable it to build on the land. The DfE confirmed that it does not hold any recorded information falling within the scope of the request. The Commissioner is satisfied that on the balance of probabilities the DfE does not hold the requested information. It was therefore entitled to refuse the request under regulation 12(4)(a) of the EIR. The Commissioner does not require any further action to be taken.