Summary: The complainant has requested information relating to the European Regional Development Fund. Stoke-on-Trent City Council provided some information and withheld other information under the regulation for adverse affect to the course of justice (regulation 12(5)(b) of the EIR). The Commissioner-™s decision is that Stoke-on-Trent City Council: did not issue a response to the request within 40 working days and breached regulation 7(1) of the EIR; failed to issue a refusal notice in accordance with regulation 14; and failed to conduct an internal review in accordance with regulation 11 of the EIR. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: EIR 7 - Complaint Upheld, EIR 11 - Complaint Upheld, EIR 14 - Complaint Upheld