Commentary on Sections Part 10: Schools Chapter 2: Complaints: England Section 213: Publication of statements etc. by Local Commissioner
698.A Local Commissioner may publish all or part of a statement under section 211, or publish a summary of a statement. In deciding whether to publish a statement the Commissioner must take into account the public interest as well as the interests of the complainant and of other persons. The Local Commissioner may also supply a copy of all or part of a statement to anyone who requests it, and charge a fee for this. This fee must be reasonable and any fees charged are unlikely to be significant. Subsections (8) to (10) of section 211 apply to a Local Commissioner’s publication of a statement or supply of any copy under this section. That means that, for example, the summary must not identify the complainant or any other person (other than the school) unless the Local Commissioner considers it necessary to identify that person.