Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

The complainant has requested the name of the person who submitted an amendment for an emergency council meeting on behalf of named councillors. Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (the Council) relied on section 40(2) of FOIA (third party personal information) to withhold the information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has correctly relied on section 40(2) of FOIA to withhold the information. The Commissioner does not require further steps to be taken.