Information Commissioner
- Date 20 July 2022
- Sector Other
- Decision(s) FOI 36: Partly upheld
The complainant requested information pertaining to the purchase of chocolates. The Information Commissioner originally relied upon section 36(2)(c) of FOIA (prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs) to withhold all the information, but subsequently disclosed some of it. The Commissioner’s decision is that the ICO was entitled to rely on section 36(2)(c) of FOIA to withhold the information it held in relation to four of the eight parts of the request. As the complainant already possesses the information that was incorrectly withheld, no steps are required.