Information Commissioner's Office

Summary: The complainant has requested the names and contact information for staff working in Safeguarding and Care Planning, Education and Care Services at the London Borough of Bromley (the -�Council-�). The Council provided some contact information for senior staff but refused to provide information about more junior staff. It failed to specify the relevant exemption (section 40(2)) and failed to rectify this and other procedural shortcomings at internal review. It also denied holding certain information which, in correspondence with the Commissioner, it later acknowledged that it held. The Commissioner-�s decision is that Council holds more information within the scope of the request. However, the Council is entitled to rely on section 40(2) as a basis for withholding the contact details of staff below the level of Heads of Service within the scope of the complainant-�s request. In addition, the Commissioner has decided that the Council failed to comply with a number of its procedural obligations under sections 1, 10 and 17 in its handling of this request. The Commissioner requires the public authority to provide the complainant with the contact details of Terry Parkin, who is the Executive Director of Education, Care and Health at the Council.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 17 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 40 - Complaint Upheld