Norfolk County Council

The complainant has requested information about an investigation by Norfolk County Council. The Council refused to confirm or deny whether the requested information is held, citing section 44(2) (Prohibitions on disclosure) of FOIA. It argued that to confirm or deny whether the information is held would breach the statutory prohibition on disclosure created by regulation 22 of the Construction Products Regulations 2013. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council correctly applied section 44(2) to neither confirm nor deny whether the requested information is held. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken as a result of this decision.