Permits to drive on Greenways

Summary

The requester asked for details of Greenway driving permits issued between 2008 and 2013, but the Department of Infrastructure only held records from April 2011 and disclosed data from that date until September 2013. Personal information regarding applicants and officers was withheld under data protection exemptions.

Key Facts

• The Department of Infrastructure does not hold records prior to 1 April 2011.
• Information was provided for the period between 1 April 2011 and 4 September 2013.
• Personal data regarding applicants and issuing officers was redacted.
• The response included 37 pages across 4 documents.
• The request was processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2015.

Data Disclosed

• 2008
• 2013
• 1 April 2011
• 11 October 2011
• 4 September 2013
• 2019-11-28
• 2019-12-09
• 37
• 4
• 1075862
• s25
• 2002

Exemptions Cited

• Section 25 (absolutely exempt personal information)
• Data Protection Act 2002

Original Request

Please can you provide me with the following details of permits requested and issued to drive on Greenways between 2008 to 2013 issued by the DOI (or previous departmental titles):- 1) Name of Greenway 2) Person or group applying for the permit 3) Date of request 4) Officer issuing the permit

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF

Contact: FOI Response Team/DWG/MF Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: dpo-doi@gov.im

Our ref: 1075862 9 December 2019

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 28 November 2019 and which states:

"Please can you provide me with the following details of permits requested and issued to drive on Greenways between 2008 to 2013 issued by the DOI (or previous departmental titles):- 1) Name of Greenway 2) Person or group applying for the permit 3) Date of request 4) Officer issuing the permit"

Having checked through our records we do not hold any information prior to 1 April 2011. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2015 we are only obliged to provide you with information from 11 October 2011. We have, therefore, provided some of the information you have requested from 1 April 2011 until 4 September 2013 which can be found below in the accompanying appendix.
Appendix 1 2011 to 2013 While our aim is to provide information wherever possible, in this instance some of the information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to s25 (absolutely exempt personal information). The reasons why the exemption applies are that the Department of Infrastructure (DOI) is satisfied that the information amounts to personal data under the Data Protection Act 2002. The DOI is satisfied that, disclosure of the information would contravene one of the data protection principles, namely that DOI can only disclose the information where it would be fair, lawful and meet one of the conditions in Schedule 2 and in this case, none of these conditions have been met. Please quote the reference number 1075862 in any future communications.

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Yours faithfully

FOI Response Team