The complainant requested information relating to an allegation of a criminal offence made by him some years previously. The Commissioner’s decision was that, by informing the complainant that the information requested was not held by it because it was never created, the public authority complied with the requirements of the Act. Although the Commissioner additionally found that the public authority wrongly claimed that the request was repeated this did not lead to a contravention of the Act since a proper response was given to the request.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 1 – Complaint Not upheld
Citations:
[2006] UKICO FS50088042
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 29 September 2022; Ref: scu.533490