London Councils Limited

The complainant has requested, from London Councils (LC), information regarding a proposed new secure children’s home in London. LC provided some explanatory comments and a link to published information, but refused to disclose other information, citing regulation 12(4)(d) of the EIR (material still in the course of completion, unfinished documents or incomplete data) as its basis for doing so. During the Commissioner’s investigation, LC relied on two additional exceptions – namely regulation 12(5)(d) (confidentiality of proceedings) and 12(4)(b) (manifestly unreasonable). The Commissioner’s decision is that regulation 12(4)(d) is engaged, and that the public interest favours maintaining the exception. The Commissioner doesn’t require any steps.