The complainant requested details of what had been done with a sum of money that his employers were obliged to pay to Sheffield City Council (the Council) in connection with a planning matter. Having stated that it held no further information falling within the scope of the request, the Council subsequently located further information, which it disclosed to the complainant. The complainant asked the Commissioner to consider whether the Council has now located all relevant information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has now located all information falling within the scope of the request and so it is not required to take any further action in relation to this request. However, the Commissioner has also found that the Council breached regulation 5(2) of the EIR in that it failed to supply the information within 20 working days of receipt of the request and has noted that it should improve its handling of future information request.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: EIR 5 – Complaint Upheld
Citations:
[2013] UKICO FER0480190
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Information
Updated: 13 July 2022; Ref: scu.528607