The complainant wrote to the DVLA on 4/1/05 to request information relating to the status of particular vehicles on the DVLA database. DVLA did not accept that the request required a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the ‘Act’) and instead used existing internal criteria for deciding whether the request should be honoured. Consequently, the complainant did not receive a response from DVLA as directed by the Act. Following the Commissioner’s intervention the complainant received a valid refusal notice on 4/10/05.
FOI 1: Upheld FOI 10: Upheld
Citations:
[2005] UKICO FS50072204
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Information
Updated: 08 June 2022; Ref: scu.533291
