London Borough of Haringey Council

The complainant has requested information relating to the Housing Improvement Board. The London Borough of Haringey (“LBH”) denied holding some of the information described in the request (meeting minutes) and withheld the remainder under section 36 of the FOIA (prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs). It failed to conduct an internal review despite receiving a request for one. The Commissioner’s decision is that LBH does not hold meeting minutes and is entitled to rely on section 36(2)(b)(ii) as its basis for withholding most of what it does hold within the scope of the request. However, the Commissioner has concluded that a small amount of the requested information is not exempt under section 36. Within that small amount of information, there is some personal data which is exempt under section 40. That personal data can be withheld. Full details are in a Confidential Annex to this Notice. The Commissioner requires LBH to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: Disclose the information identified in the Confidential Annex to this notice as not exempt from disclosure. The public authority must take these steps within 30 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.