The complainant requested, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act), all the information it held on its internet and intranet IT systems for two years in a specified format and all other information held electronically about a set of meetings. The Council considered that the request was in its context vexatious by virtue of section 14(1) of the Act. The complainant referred this case to the Commissioner. The Council subsequently withdrew its reliance on the exclusion. It came to the view that the work required to provide the information for the first request exceeded the costs limit and applied section 12(1). It provided the information that it held for the second request. The Commissioner finds that the Council was entitled to rely on section 12(1) in relation to the first request. He also upholds the Council’s position in relation to the second request in that no further information is held. He also finds a number of procedural breaches, but requires no remedial steps to be taken.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 1 – Complaint Upheld, FOI 10 – Complaint Upheld, FOI 11 – Complaint Not upheld, FOI 12 – Complaint Not upheld, FOI 16 – Complaint Not upheld, FOI 17 – Complaint Upheld
Citations:
[2011] UKICO FS50326588
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 07 July 2022; Ref: scu.530858