Dronfield Town Council

The complainant submitted a four part request to Dronfield Town Council (the council) for information about staff conduct complaints received within a 12 month period. For part 1 of the request, the council confirmed that it had received one complaint about staff conduct within the last 12 months, which was not upheld. It refused to provide any further information, citing section 40(2) (third party personal information). The council took the view that parts 2, 3 and 4 of the request were only relevant if it relied on section 12 (cost limits). As it did not rely on section 12, it said that it did not consider it necessary to address those parts further. The Commissioner has decided that the council is entitled to rely on section 40(2) to withhold the information falling within scope of part 1 of the request. He is also satisfied that the council complied with its obligations under FOIA in its handling of parts 2, 3 and 4 of the request.