Aggregation of requests/environmental information – On 9 September 2013, Mr Soutar asked Dundee City Council (the Council) for information on several topics, which he grouped into six sets of questions. The Council refused to respond, on the basis that it would cost in excess of the andpound;600 cost limit to do so.
The Commissioner found that the Council was wrong to aggregate all of Mr Soutar’s requests for the purposes of applying the cost limit, and also that is should have identified some of Mr Soutar’s requests as seeking environmental information. She found that the Council should have provided advice and assistance to help Mr Soutar narrow his requests, and required the Council to issue further (compliant) responses to Mr Soutar.
Citations:
[2014] ScotIC 143 – 2014
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Scotland
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Updated: 19 August 2022; Ref: scu.535099