The complainant has requested from Cumbria County Council information relating to restructuring and its affect on specific posts. The Council eventually stated that it was withholding information but failed to issue a valid refusal notice. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has failed to comply with section 1 of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: Undertake searches for all information that would fall within the parameters of Part 1 of the request and issue a fresh response to the complainant. In doing so, the Commissioner advises the Council to have regard to the matters outlined in ‘Other matters’.
FOI 1: Complaint partly upheld
Citations:
[2022] UKICO ic-113598
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 05 June 2022; Ref: scu.677010