Warrington Borough Council

The complainant requested a copy of a letter to Warrington Borough Council (the “Council”) from its auditors dated May 2020. The Council refused the request citing section 22 of FOIA (information intended for future publication) and section 36 of FOIA (prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs). The Commissioner’s decision is that the council correctly withheld the requested information under section 22 of FOIA. As section 22 had been correctly applied the Commissioner did not consider section 36 of FOIA.