Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (Decision Notice) [2011] UKICO FS50382214 (12 October 2011)

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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (Decision Notice) [2011] UKICO FS50382214 (12 October 2011)

Summary: The complainant requested information from Wigan Borough Council (-the council-) that had been referred to in a particular press article. The unauthorised disclosure of some documents had resulted in the dismissal of a council employee and the complainant wanted to see the information that contained the quoted comment in the newspaper article that the community should be -kept out of the decision-making process-. The request was initially refused using an exemption under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (-the FOIA-), however, when the council realised that the complainant-s interest was limited only to the particular quoted comments, it said that this information was not held. The Commissioner-s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, the requested information was not held by the council. The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Not upheld

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