St Albans Parish Council

The complainant has requested from St Albans City and District Council (“the Council”), information about reports of rat problems in neighbouring properties. The Council provided a general explanation of its investigation of the reports but it refused to disclose the recorded information it held, citing regulation 13(1) (Personal data) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council was entitled to apply regulation 13(1) of the EIR to refuse the request.