The complainant requested information about the number of appointments made by the Financial Conduct Authority (the ‘FCA’) where the appointment was not advertised. By the date of this notice, the FCA had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the FCA has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the FCA to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation – the FCA must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under the FOIA. The FCA must take this step within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice.
FOI 10: Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2021] UKICO ic-131122
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 14 November 2022; Ref: scu.675084