The complainant requested from Goring Parish Council (‘the Parish Council’), following the cancellation of a Parish Council meeting, a copy of the agenda for that meeting and a copy of the agenda with the word cancelled overlying the text. The Parish Council provided a response to the first part of the complainant’s request but did not provide a response to the second part of the request until after the involvement of the Commissioner. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Parish Council has breached section 1 of FOIA by not confirming that it held information falling within the scope of the second part of the complainant’s request and by not providing that information to him by the time of the completion of the internal review. It also breached section 10 by not providing to the complainant the information falling within the second part of his request within 20 working days of receipt of the request. The Commissioner does not require the Parish Council to take any further steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 1 – Complaint Upheld, FOI 10 – Complaint Upheld
[2014] UKICO FS50525819
Bailii
England and Wales
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Updated: 28 December 2021; Ref: scu.527587