London Borough of Newham

The complainant has requested a copy of the London Borough of Newham’s (“the Council”) Families First Partnership Programme plan. The Council withheld the requested information, citing section 36 (prejudice to effective conduct of public affairs) of FOIA as its basis for doing so. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council was correct to rely on sections 36(2)(b)(i) and (b)(ii) of FOIA to withhold the requested information. The Commissioner does not require the Council to take any further steps.