Cambridgeshire County Council
- Date 25 November 2021
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) FOI 40(2): Not upheld, FOI 43(2): Partly upheld
The complainant has requested information from Cambridgeshire County Council (“the Council”) in relation to various sets of information, including accounts, invoices, missing work orders, and reports. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has appropriately applied the exemption at section 40(2) of the FOIA to withhold the requested information. She also finds that the Council has correctly applied section 43(2) of the FOIA to part of the remaining withheld information, excluding the information detailed below.
The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
• Disclose the contractors’ day rates
The public authority must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.