London Borough of Redbridge

The complainant submitted a request to the London Borough of Redbridge (the Council) seeking the dates which it had inspected the rental properties owned by the (then) Councillor Athwal. The Council withheld the requested information on the basis of section 40(2) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the dates the properties were inspected are not exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 40(2) (personal data) but the addresses of the properties are exempt from on the basis of section 44(1)(a) (statutory prohibition) of FOIA.