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Cite as: [2012] UKICO FS50410346
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British Waterways (Decision Notice) [2012] UKICO FS50410346 (06 June 2012)
Summary: The complainant requested details about British Waterways-™ Directors-™ -˜perks-™, gifts or free trips over the last three years, to include those provided by any organisation or contractor related to the Olympics, and for details of the Directors-™ interests such as share ownership. He also asked for all the above information to be provided in respect of a named British Waterways employee. Whilst a partial response was provided to the complainant on 28 April 2011, this was outside the statutory timeframe of 20 working days. No substantive response has been forthcoming in relation to the remainder of the request and to the complainant-™s subsequent clarification of his request. The Information Commissioner-™s decision is that British Waterways did not deal with the request for information in accordance with the FOIA. British Waterways breached section 10(1) of FOIA by failing to provide a response to the request within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days. The Information Commissioner requires the public authority to confirm or deny whether the requested information is held in respect of the request, to comply with section 1(1)(a); if information is held in respect of the request, either provide the information to comply with section 1(1)(b), or withhold the information by issuing a valid refusal notice(s) under section 17(1) of FOIA.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld