London Borough of Camden Council (Local government) [2018] UKICO fs50681246 (20 February 2018)


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Cite as: [2018] UKICO fs50681246

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London Borough of Camden Council

The complainant has requested information on a complete and up-to-date list of all business (non-residential) property rates data held by the council. The council disclosed the majority of the information but applied section 31(1)(a) to information on whether properties were occupied or not. It argued that disclosing this information would prejudice the prevention and detection of crime as it would provide details which would facilitate criminal activity. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council was not correct to apply Regulation 31(1)(a) to the information. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. To disclose the information to the complainant

FOI 31: Complaint upheld

Decision notice: fs50681246

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