Information Commissioner's Office

Summary: The complainant requested information relating to the provision of primary education in Loughgall Parish, County Armagh. The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (-�the CCMS-�) did not respond to the complainant-�s request within the 20 working day time limit as set out in section 10(1) of the Act. The CCMS then released some information to the complainant and released further information after protracted correspondence. The complainant informed the Information Commissioner (-�the Commissioner-�) that she believed that the CCMS held further information falling within the scope of her request. The Commissioner-�s decision is that the CCMS, on the balance of probabilities, does not hold any further information within the scope of the request which has not already been provided to the complainant. The Commissioner also finds that the CCMS breached sections 1(1)(a), 1(1)(b) and 10(1) of the Act as it did not make the information it subsequently disclosed available within the statutory time for compliance, nor did it confirm or deny whether it held the information within that time limit. It also breached section 9(1) by not issuing a fees notice within the statutory time for compliance. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Partly Upheld, FOI 9 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld