Summary: The complainant requested information about the councils stated policy of random identity checks for those making freedom of information requests to it. In response the council pointed to the notification on its website and stated that that was all of the information it held on this policy. After a request for review the council again stood by its position that that was the only information held. The Commissioner-™s decision is that Bristol City Council has responded to the complainant's request by providing him with a link to the information. He has also decided that on a balance of probabilities no further information is held by the council falling within the scope of the request.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Not upheld