London Borough of Redbridge

The complainant submitted a request to the London Borough of Redbridge (the Council) seeking correspondence between correspondence between it and the (then) Councillor Athwal's managing agents about his rental properties. The Council withheld this information on the basis of section 40(2) (personal data) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the correspondence is not exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 40(2) although the addresses of the properties are exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 44(1)(a) (statutory prohibition) of FOIA.