London Borough of Redbridge

The complainant submitted a request to the London Borough of Redbridge (the Council) seeking a list of addresses of rental properties owned by the (then) Councillor Athwal and correspondence between him and the Council about the property licences for such properties. The Council withheld the addresses on the basis of section 44(1)(a) (statutory prohibition) and the correspondence on the basis of section 40(2) (personal data) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the addresses of the properties are exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 44(1)(a) of FOIA. The correspondence is not exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 40(2).