The complainant submitted a request to City of Westminster (the Council) seeking information about salary payments made to an individual after they had left the employment of the Council. The Council provided some information in response to the request but argued that the remainder was exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 40(2) (personal data). The Commissioner’s decision is that majority of the withheld information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 40(2) of FOIA. However, the total value of payments made to the individual is not exempt from disclosure on the basis of this exemption. The Council breached sections 10(1) and 17(1) by failing to respond to the request within 20 working days.