London South Bank University

The complainant requested information from London South Bank University (“the university”) about the Confucius Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine, which operates at the university. The university provided the complainant with the majority of the relevant written agreements, but redacted some information relating to funding under section 43(2) of the FOIA – prejudicial to commercial interests. The Commissioner’s decision is that the exemption is not engaged in respect of the withheld information. The Commissioner requires the university to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation: disclose all of the information withheld under section 43(2), to the complainant.