The complainant has requested information held by Hastings Borough Council (the council) relating to comments which have been included within particular correspondence sent to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman. The Commissioner is satisfied that, on the balance of probabilities, the council does not hold any information in addition to that which is already in the public domain that would fall within the specific terms of the complainant’s request. However, as the council failed to respond to the complainant’s request for an internal review within the required 40 working days, it is the Commissioner’s decision that the council has breached regulation 11(4) of the EIR. The Commissioner does not require the council to take any steps as a result of this decision notice.
EIR 5(1): Complaint not upheld EIR 11(4): Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2020] UKICO fer0794449
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 20 November 2022; Ref: scu.653530