Rural Payments Agency
- Date 18 January 2021
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) EIR 13: Not upheld
The complainant has requested information about a grant awarded to a named rural centre. The Rural Payments Agency (‘RPA’) has refused to disclose the information under regulation 12(3) of the EIR as it considers it to be the personal data of third persons. The Commissioner’s decision is as follows: The requested information is the personal data, and special category personal data, of third persons and the RPA was entitled to withhold it under regulation 13(1) of the EIR by way of regulation 13(2A)(a) of the Data Protection Act 2018. The Commissioner does not require the RPA to take any remedial steps.