Summary: The complainant made a request for the amount spent by the Council in legal fees processing his FOI requests, broken down by each request. Whilst receipt of this request was acknowledged by the Council, no substantive response has been provided to the complainant. The Information Commissioner-™s decision is the Council did not deal with the request for information in accordance with the FOIA. The Council breached section 10(1) FOIA by failing to provide a response to the request within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the public authority to confirm or deny whether the requested information is held, to comply with section 1(1)(a); and
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld