Charity Commission

The complainant has requested information from the Charity Commission relating to a complaint he had made to it about a particular charity. The Charity Commission stated that some of the requested information was the complainant’s personal data and that it would provide him with details of how to make a Subject Access Request (SAR) for this. It refused to disclose the remaining requested information (“the withheld information”), citing sections 31(1)(g) by virtue of section 31(2) (c) and (f) and section 40(2) of the FOIA as a basis for non-disclosure. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Charity Commission has correctly applied section 31 of the FOIA to the withheld information. The Commissioner has not considered the application of section 40(2) as she considers that section 31 is engaged in relation to all of the withheld information. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2021/0183 under appeal.