Cheshire East Council

The complainant requested information about spending on highways maintenance broken down by electoral ward and parliamentary constituency. Cheshire East Council (the “council”) stated that it didn’t hold the information. The complainant disputes the council’s position. The Commissioner is satisfied that on the balance of probabilities, the council does not hold information falling within the scope of the request. Therefore, his decision is that the council is entitled to rely on regulation 12(4)(a) (information not held) of the EIR to refuse to provide the requested information. The Commissioner does not require the council to take further steps.