Directorate for Deputy Chief Executive
Legal and Democratic Services
Service Director: Sarah Ashmead
Buckinghamshire Council
Council Offices
Walton Street
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP20 1YU
Sarah Leighton
xx@xx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
01296 585 858
www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk
FOI Reference: 6395933
03 April 2024
Dear Sarah
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Section 1(1)(a) of FOIA states that anyone who requests information from a public authority is
entitled to be told whether the authority holds that information.
However, section 40(5B)(a)(i) of FOIA allows a public authority to refuse to confirm or deny if it holds
information if that information would (if it existed) be the personal data of a third party.
Disclosure under FOIA is effectively an unlimited disclosure to the public. We must therefore consider
the wider public interest issues and general fairness when deciding whether to confirm or deny the
information is held.
We must also determine whether such a confirmation or denial would contravene any of the data
protection principles.
In that instance, if information were held, disclosure would cause a significant invasion of privacy.
There is insufficient legitimate interest to outweigh any data subjects’ fundamental rights and
freedoms, and that confirming whether the requested information is held would not be lawful.
Please quote the reference number 6395933 in any future communications.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal
review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the
response to your original request and should be addressed to:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx or by writing to us at Information Management,
Buckinghamshire Council, The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, HP19 8FF.
If you are still dissatisfied with the Council’s response after the internal review you have a right of
appeal to the Information Commissioner at
www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint, by post at The
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF or by
calling 0330 123 1113.
I will now close your request as of this date.
Regards
Amy
Amy Roscoe
Senior Information Governance Manager