Newport City Council

The complainant requested information about a specific property. Newport City Council (the Council) disclosed the information held relevant to the request, subject to some information being redacted under regulation 13 (personal data) of the EIR. The complainant considered that additional information was held relevant to the request. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation, the Council disclosed some of the information it had originally redacted under regulation 13 of the EIR. It also introduced reliance on section 38 (health and safety) of the FOIA in relation to other information. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities the Council does not hold any additional information relevant to the request, other than the redacted documents it has disclosed. The Commissioner has also determined that the Council correctly relied on regulation 13 of the EIR in respect of the remaining information held relevant to the request. The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken.