4 September 2014, Local government (Borough council)
The complainant has requested information from Hackney Council on the fee and its method of calculation received from Future Cinema for an event held on Hackney Downs from 26 August to 5 September 2013. The Commissioner’s decision is that the information requested is environmental and therefore Hackney Council should have dealt with the request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (the EIR) and not the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the FOIA). The Commissioner requires Hackney Council to reconsider and respond to the complainant’s request dated 4 September 2013 under the EIR.
FOI 39: Upheld