Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
- Date 16 October 2025
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 6(1)(a): Not upheld
The complainant has requested a copy of a particular email, to be provided to him as a MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) attachment. Instead, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) disclosed the email by copying and pasting it into a document. The Commissioner’s decision is that SMBC was entitled to rely on regulation 6(1)(a) of the EIR to refuse to disclose the information in the format specified by the applicant.