Summary: The complainant requested information about the public authority-™s decision to decommission certain podiatry services. The public authority initially refused the request under section 14 of the FOIA. The Information Commissioner disagreed that the request was vexatious and consequently the public authority agreed to disclose the requested information to the complainant during the investigation. The complainant disputed that the public authority had disclosed all the information that it held. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the public authority initially failed to comply with section 1(1)(a) of the FOIA, because it had inappropriately relied on section 14. However, following his intervention the Commissioner is satisfied that the public authority has now complied with the requirements of section 1 of the FOIA and has not ordered it to take any steps.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Upheld