The complainant requested information in respect of Wolverhampton City Council’s (WCC) expenditure on Adopted Child Support Allowance, grants to adoptive parents and reimbursement of costs for prospective adoptive parents for the financial year from 2010-2011. The Commissioner’s decision is that WCC did not deal with the request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. The Commissioner requires the public authority to comply with section 1(1) of the Act by either: confirming whether the requested information is held, and if so, disclosing it to the applicant, or issuing a valid refusal notice in accordance with section 17.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 1 – Complaint Upheld
Citations:
[2012] UKICO FS50426423
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 03 November 2022; Ref: scu.529369
