Tees Valley Combined Authority
- Date 7 March 2023
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) FOI 1(1): Not upheld
The complainant asked for the minutes of a specific meeting held where all cabinet ministers agreed to increase the shareholding of the Teesworks site in 2021. Tees Valley Combined Authority (“TVCA”) answered the request explaining that the information was not held by them and included a link to the South Tees Development Corporation (STDC) board meeting.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority has provided a relevant response, and on the balance of probabilities, the TVCA did not hold any further information in scope of the request. However, the TVCA breached section 10 of FOIA in its handling of the request.
The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken as a result of this decision notice.