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The Information Commissioner's Office carries out independent reviews of decisions taken by public bodies on Freedom of Information requests.

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Guidance Notes How we interpret and apply the Freedom of Information Act.

Recent Decisions

A Nursing Home and Health Information and Quality Authority The Senior Investigator affirmed HIQAs decision. She found that the parts of the record that relate to the applicant are not exempt under section 36(1)(b) of the FOI Act. Read more

A Nursing Home and Health Information and Quality Authority The Senior Investigator affirmed HIQAs decision. She found that the parts of the record that relate to the applicant are not exempt under section 36(1)(b) of the FOI Act. Read more

Ms X and Mayo County Council The Senior Investigator varied the Councils decision. She found that section 15(1)(a) applied on the basis that she was satisfied that the Council had located the only two agreements covered by the request. She affirmed the Councils refusal of access to specific unit numbers under section 37(1) (personal information) and found that, on balance, the public interest in protecting the right of privacy of individuals outweighed the public interest in granting this part of the request. She found section 36(1)(b) and (c) to apply to some of the information for which those exemptions had been claimed but that the information covered by the exemption should be released in the public interest. She directed that the remaining parts of the withheld records be released. Read more