Derbyshire County Council

The complainant requested copies of correspondence between a landowner or their associates and the council between specific dates. The council applied the exception in Regulation 13(5) (personal data) to neither confirm nor deny whether any information is held, and maintained its position in its review of the decision. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council was correct to apply section 13(5) of the EIR. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.