ACAS (Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service)

The complainant requested information about meetings regarding the creative industries. ACAS initially stated that the information requested was exempt under section 44 (prohibitions on disclosure). During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation ACAS confirmed that it did not hold any information falling within the scope of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the civil standard of the balance of probabilities, ACAS holds no recorded information within the scope of the request. The Commissioner has also determined that the information is not held on behalf of ACAS by a third party. The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken.