London Borough of Lambeth

The complainant has requested contractual information from the London Borough of Lambeth (“LBL”). LBL disclosed some but withheld the remainder citing regulation 12(5)(e) (commercially confidential information). It upheld this at internal review (albeit after considerable delay). The Commissioner’s decision is that LBL is entitled to withhold most of the requested information under regulation 12(5)(e) but not all of it. LBL also contravened its obligations under regulation 11 to conduct a timely internal review. The Commissioner requires LBL to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: Disclose the information listed in the Confidential Annex to this Notice. The public authority must take these steps within 30 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.