The complainant requested information about looked-after children. The Commissioner’s decision is that Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council failed to respond to the request within 20 working days and has therefore breached section 10 of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: issue a substantive response, under the FOIA, to the request.
FOI 10: Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2019] UKICO fs50843380
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 10 July 2022; Ref: scu.639203