The complainant has requested information about the former Chief Executive Officer of Carillion plc, Richard Howson. The Insolvency Service (“the agency”) relied on section 40(5B) of FOIA (third party personal information) to refuse to confirm or deny that the information was held.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority has correctly relied on section 40(5B) of FOIA to refuse to confirm or deny that the information was held. The Commissioner also finds a breach of section 10 (timescale for compliance) of FOIA. 
The Commissioner does not require further steps to be taken.