Westminster City Council (Local Government): ICO 8 Feb 2022

The complainant requested information from Westminster City Council (‘the Council’) about the way the Council had made a decision about a sound recording relating to a noise complaint. By the date of this notice the Council had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has breached regulations 5(2) of the EIR in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation: The Council must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under the EIR.
EIR 5(2): Complaint upheld

Citations:

[2022] UKICO ic-149757

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Information

Updated: 12 May 2022; Ref: scu.674936