Summary: From 2008, the complainant, acting in concert with other parties, made a number of requests to South Gloucestershire Council regarding costs, staffing levels and service procedures within the Council-™s taxi licensing department. The Council refused to comply with one of the requests sent by one of his associates, claiming that it was vexatious under section 14(1) of the Act and repeated under section 14(2) of the Act, and it wrote to the relevant parties, including the complainant, explaining that it would not respond to any further related requests for a certain period of time.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 14 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 17 - Complaint Partly Upheld