SIC Local Government Elections – On 19 September 2014, Mr May asked Perth and Kinross Council (the Council) for information relating to the costs and provision of services for local government elections in 2012/13.
The Council responded, advising Mr May that it could only respond to one element of his request as it considered the remainder to be information held by the Returning Officer, not subject to the terms of FOISA. Following a review, Mr May remained dissatisfied and applied to the Commissioner for a decision.
The Commissioner investigated and found that the Council had failed to respond to Mr May’s request for information in accordance with Part 1 of FOISA. This was because the information requested was held by the Council in its own right. The Council also failed to respond to Mr May’s requirement for review within the statutory timeframe.
As all of the information identified as falling within the scope of this request was supplied to Mr May during her investigation, the Commissioner did not require the Council to take any action.
[2015] ScotIC 078 – 2015
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Updated: 03 January 2022; Ref: scu.550867