Summary: The complainant has requested correspondence between named individuals in relation to an earlier information request. The Commissioner-™s decision is that Nottingham City Council (the council) has failed to satisfy him, based on a balance of probabilities, that it has disclosed all recorded information held within the scope of the complainant-™s request. He also finds that the council breached sections 1(1) and 10(1) of the Act. The Commissioner requires Nottingham City Council to retrieve the email dated 25 October 2010 from its archive and disclose a copy to the complainant or issue a refusal notice; to carry out further enquiries including asking those relevant individuals to whose email accounts the council does not have access to carry out searches of their gmail accounts to ascertain whether they hold any recorded information falling within the scope of the complainant-™s request and if so, to disclose that information to the complainant or issue a valid refusal notice; and to disclose to the complainant a copy of the email dated 20 October 2010 or issue a valid refusal notice.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 3 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld