Rural Payments Agency (Central government) [2018] UKICO fer0693190 (24 September 2018)
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Rural Payments Agency
The complainant has requested information relating to the Rural Payments Agency’s (RPA) collation and processing of land data and in particular relating to land parcels on a particular estate. Initially the RPA stated that the information is not held. It then changed its position at the internal review stage and said that the information is held but exempt from disclosure under regulations 12(4)(e), 12(5)(e) and 13 of the EIR. During the Commissioner’s investigation the RPA’s position changed again. It was however then later established that the RPA does hold recorded information falling within the scope of the request and that it considered this information was exempt from disclosure under regulations 12(4)(e) and 12(5)(e) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that although regulation 12(4)(e)of the EIR applies, the public interest in favouring of maintaining this exception is outweighed by the public interest in disclosure. In relation to the RPA’s application of regulation 12(5)(e), the Commissioner has decided that this exception is not engaged. The Commissioner therefore requires the RPA to disclose the withheld information to the complainant.
EIR 12(4)(e):
Complaint upheld
EIR 12(5)(e):
Complaint upheld
Decision notice: fer0693190
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