Office of Rail and Road

The complainant has requested a copy of an investigation report into a gable wall collapse at a train station. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) provided the factual parts of the report but withheld all other information, initially under sections 30, 31 and 40 Freedom of Information Act 2000. The ORR accepted the information was environmental information and then sought to rely on regulations 12(4)(e) and 12(5)(b) EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the ORR has correctly engaged regulation 12(5)(b) and the public interest favours maintaining the exception and withholding the remaining information in the report. No steps are required.