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Common Council of the City of London (Decision Notice) [2011] UKICO FS50327767 (09 February 2011)
Summary: The complainant contacted the Common Council of the City of London (-˜the CoL-™) on 31 May 2010 to ask whether it intended to release further information concerning Scientology in light of the recent Information Tribunal hearing of Mr William Thackeray v Information Commissioner & The Common Council of the City of London (EA/2009/0095). The CoL responded refusing to accept the complainant-™s email of 31 May 2010 as a valid information request under the Act, as it considered it only asked for its opinion. The complainant requested an internal review but again this was refused on the same grounds. He therefore approached the Commissioner. The Commissioner has given the matter careful consideration and he has concluded that the complainant-™s email of 31 May 2010 was a valid request for information under the Act. He has therefore ordered the CoL to comply with section 1(1) of the Act i.e. to confirm or deny whether it holds any recorded information of the description specified in the request and, if it does, to either provide that information or issue an appropriate refusal notice within 35 days of this Notice.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld