Information Commissioner's Office

Brighton and Hove City Council

8 August 2007, Local government (City council)

The complainant requested copies of correspondence between the Council and its insurers. The Council declined relying upon the section 42 exemption and maintaining that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. The Commissioner has considered the communications in question and is satisfied that the public authority has correctly applied the section 42 exemption and the public interest test correctly.

FOI 42: Not upheld