Anticipated reasons for restriction

Amendment of contract for pension administration software

By virtue of paragraph(s) 3,5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Explanation of Reasons

Reason restricted justification

This Appendix is not for publication as it contains exempt information within Paragraphs 3 and 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, being information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings. Further, it is considered that, in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining this exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing this information. While there may be a public interest in disclosing this information, namely it would provide information on the County Council’s plans in respect of pension administration functions, it is felt that, on balance, this is outweighed by other factors in favour of maintaining the exemption, namely that the detail of the arrangement are commercially sensitive and to disclose them would potentially prejudice the Count