Ards and North Down Borough Council

The complainant has requested information from Ards and North Down Borough Council (“the Council”), namely a document relating to the flying of the Union flag.  The Council relied on sections 41 and 40(2) of FOIA (third party personal information) to withhold the information.  The Council has since withdrawn its reliance on section 41 of FOIA, however it continues to rely upon section 40(2) to withhold part of the requested information.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority has correctly relied on section 40(2) of FOIA to withhold that information.
The Commissioner does not require further steps to be taken.