London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

The complainants submitted a request to the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (the Council) for copies of various electricity supplier bills for a particular property. The Council refused to disclosed the information on the basis of section 43(2) (commercial interests) of FOIA. The Commissioner has concluded that the requested information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of this exemption and that in all of the circumstances of the case the public interest favours withholding the information.