Education Authority Northern Ireland
- Date 1 March 2023
- Sector Education
- Decision(s) FOI 40(2): Not upheld
The complainant requested information in the form of a series of questions about a recruitment competition held by the Education Authority Northern Ireland (“the EA”) relating to assistant information governance officer roles.
The EA provided some information in scope of the request and cited section 40 (personal information) of FOIA for withholding part of the requested information.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the EA is entitled to rely on section 40 of FOIA to withhold the requested information and has complied with section 1(1) of FOIA.
The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken as a result of this decision notice.