The complainant requested from Northumberland County Council information relating to the future operation of a bus service during a specified time period. The Council responded and provided the information it held. The complainant maintained that the Council held further information about the bus service and provided the Information Commissioner with copies of correspondence falling in scope which the Council had failed to disclose. The Information Commissioner has investigated and has decided that the Council did at one time hold information relevant to the request which it failed to disclose to the complainant. He is satisfied that the Council no longer holds this information and his reasons are set out in this notice. The Information Commissioner has concluded, on the balance of probabilities, that the Council did not hold any further information beyond information which it provided to the complainant and the documentation which it failed to disclose but which no longer exists. The Council did, however, breach FOIA by responding to the request late and must ensure that this delay is not repeated in future. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2011/0274 dismissed.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 1 – Complaint Not upheld
[2011] UKICO FS50384764
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