Staffordshire University

The complainant has requested information about fees received from West Midlands Ambulance Service. The above public authority denied holding some of the requested information and relied on section 43(2) of FOIA (commercial interests) in order to withhold the information it did hold. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority has correctly relied on section 43(2) of FOIA and that the balance of the public interest favours maintaining the exemption. On the balance of probabilities, the public authority holds no further information within the scope of the request. The public authority did however breach sections 10 and 17 of FOIA in responding to the request. The Commissioner does not require further steps.