Information Commissioner's Office

The complainant has requested the ICO to disclose information relating to the laws, rules and powers applicable to the ICO as regulator and how they are implemented. To the extent the complainant’s information requests constituted valid information requests under section 8 of FOIA, the ICO directed the complainant to all the recorded information it holds and stated that, as all the information it holds is available to them via other means, it is technically exempt under section 21 of FOIA. To the extent that the information requests are valid, the Commissioner is satisfied that the ICO has identified all the recorded information it holds falling within scope. As all the information it holds is available to the complainant via other means, the ICO was entitled to direct the complainant to where that can be found and refuse to disclose it under section 21 of FOIA. The Commissioner does not therefore require any further action to be taken. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2022/0349 struck out.