The Governing Body of Jesus College

The complainant has requested a list, complete with the address and/or postcode, of all the land and property owned by the Governing Body of Jesus College (Jesus College). Jesus College released some of the requested information but withheld the remainder under section 21(1) of the FOIA, as it considered this information to already be accessible to the complainant by other means. The Commissioner’s decision is that Jesus College can rely on section 21(1) of the FOIA to withhold some of the information the complainant has requested, as it is accessible to him by other means. However, Jesus College breached section 1(1), section 10(1) and section 17(1) as it did not confirm whether it held the requested information, provide the requested information, or provide a refusal notice to the complainant within 20 working days. The Commissioner does not require any further steps to be taken as a result of this decision notice.