Office for Students
- Date 16 April 2025
- Sector Health
- Decision(s) FOI 36(2)(b)(ii): Not upheld, FOI 36(2)(c): Not upheld
The complainant has requested information related to three consultations on free speech regulation. The Office for Students (OfS) advised that it doesn’t hold some of the information, it communicated some and withheld the remaining information under sections 36(2)(b)(ii), 36(2)(c) and 42(1) of FOIA. These exemptions concern prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs and legal professional privilege, respectively. The Commissioner’s decision is that the information being withheld under sections 36(2)(b)(ii) and 36(2)(c) engages those exemptions. He doesn’t require any further steps.