Northern Ireland Housing Executive

The complainant requested Options Appraisals relating to tower blocks and information on which Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) based decisions about its stock of tower blocks.  NIHE withheld the Options Appraisals under section 36(2)(c)(prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs). The Commissioner’s decision is that, at the time of the request, the Options Appraisals were exempt information under section 36(2)(c) of the FOIA and the public interest favoured maintaining this exemption. The Commissioner does not require NIHE to take any remedial steps.