Royal Borough of Greenwich

The complainant requested a draft report and correspondence from Royal Borough of Greenwich (“the public authority”). The public authority refused to provide the requested information, citing regulation 12(5)(b) (the course of justice and inquiries exception). The Commissioner’s decision is that the regulation 12(5)(b) exception, as regards the “correspondence” is engaged and that the public interest was in maintaining the exception. The Commissioner further decided that the regulation 12(5)(b) exception, as regards the draft report, is not engaged.The Commissioner requires the public authority to provide the complainant with a copy of the draft report. Information Tribunal FT/EA/2024/0257 under appeal.