This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Freedom of Information request 'Employment Contract for Mayor's Adviser'.





  
 
27 November 2018 
 
Mr R Moss-Eccardt 
 
 
 
Dear Mr Moss-Eccardt 
 
I write with reference to your email 21 November 2018 which I referred to the Monitoring Officer.   
 
Question: “I am writing to request an internal review of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined 
Authority's handling of my FOI request 'Employment Contract for Mayor's Adviser'. 
 
A number of the 'Section 40' exemptions are qualified exemptions.   Can you please therefore 
demonstrate that the public interest test has been applied and explain your reasoning?” 
 
His response is that, respectfully, your interpretation of the law is incorrect.  His view is that, where 
disclosure of the personal data of a third party would contravene any of the data protection 
principles in the DPA, there is an absolute exemption from disclosure.  The public interest test is not 
therefore applicable.  He is of the view that disclosure of the information requested would 
contravene the first data protection principle in that it would be unfair to disclose the information 
requested.   
 
I trust that this is clear and we consider that your request for a review has been dealt with by this 
response. 
 
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly 
to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: 
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, or via 
their website:  https://ico.org.uk/ 
 
Yours sincerely  
 
 
Incubator 2, 
 Alconbury Weald Enterprise Campus,  
Huntingdon, PE28 4WX