Education Authority Northern Ireland

The complainant requested from Education Authority (EA) information held by the school or EA relating to [name of school redacted] staff. EA relied on section 40(5B) (third party personal information) of FOIA to refuse to confirm or deny whether it holds the information requested.   
The Commissioner’s decision is that EA correctly relied on section 40(5B) of FOIA to refuse to confirm or deny whether it holds information relating to the request. The Commissioner does not require EA to take any steps as a result of this decision.