The complainant requested from Invest Northern Ireland (INI) information relating to Dalradian Gold Ltd . INI disclosed some of the information but withheld the names and contact details of junior staff and cited regulation 13(1) (third party personal data) of the EIR. Regarding part two of the request, INI stated information is not held.
The Commissioner’s decision is that INI was entitled to withhold some information under regulation 13(1) of the EIR. Regarding part two of the request, on the balance of probabilities, INI does not hold recorded information within scope of this part of the request. The Commissioner is satisfied that INI complied with its duty under regulation 5(1) of the EIR by virtue of the exception at regulation 12(4)(a) (information not held). Therefore, the Commissioner does not require the INI to take any steps as a result to this decision.