11 February 2016, Education (School)
The complainant has requested copies of the school’s fund account for the last six years. The school first responded disclosing some information. The complainant requested an internal review stating that the information provided was not what she requested and the school issued a further response invoking section 14(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the school has inappropriately relied on section 14(1) of the FOIA in this case, as he considers the request is not vexatious. The Commissioner therefore requires the school to issue a fresh response to the complainant under the FOIA which does not rely on section 14(1).
FOI 14: Upheld