Department for Education

The complainant has requested a list of schools and trusts receiving loans or grants from the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) along with the amount of any financial assistance and terms of any repayment. The request was refused under section 36(2)(c) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority has correctly applied the section 36(2)(c) exemption and that the public interest favours maintaining the exemption and withholding the requested information.