The complainant has made a request to Derbyshire County Council (the council) for information relating to a school transport appeal considered by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO). The council relied on section 40(2) of FOIA to withhold the information, as it considered that disclosing it would contravene data protection law. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council has correctly relied on section 40(2) of FOIA to withhold the requested information. The Commissioner does not require the council to take any further steps as a result of this decision notice.