Information Commissioner's Office

The complainant has requested the names, job titles and assigned department of staff who work on FOI, EIR and data protection complaints concerning central government departments and the number of complaints with each department. The Information Commissioner’s Office (‘ICO’) provided links to already available information on the number of complaints and some information on staff roles. It relied on section 40(2) of FOIA to withhold staff names and individual job titles. The Commissioner’s decision is that the ICO was entitled to rely on section 40(2) to withhold the requested information. The Commissioner does not require further steps.