26 October 2015, Local government (Other)
The complainant made 7 requests to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) between 20 March 2015 and 17 April 2015 for various information including metadata, the use of debit and credit cards by ICO officials, legal costs, travel and accommodation costs and information relating to legal arguments and the ICO’s vexatious guidance. The ICO refused to comply with the requests as it considers they are vexatious under section 14(1) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Commissioner’s decision is that the ICO has correctly applied section 14(1) FOIA in this case, it was not therefore obliged to comply with the requests. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.
FOI 14: Not upheld