Information Commissioner's Office

Southwark Council

9 May 2016, Local government (District council)

The complainant has made a number of requests to the London Borough of Southwark (the Council) for information broadly relating to the serving of section 146 notices in accordance with the Law of Property Act 1925.  The present notice concerns six of the requests. With regard to five of the requests (requests 1, 5 – 7 and 10), the Commissioner has decided that the Council either does not hold any information, or does not hold any further information in addition to the records that have already been provided. In relation to the remaining request (request 4(a)), the Commissioner has determined that the Council was not obliged to comply with the request under section 12(1) (appropriate costs limit) of FOIA but that it did breach section 16 (advice and assistance) by its initial handling of the request. In light of his findings, the Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken by the Council as a result of this notice.  

FOI 1: Not upheld FOI 12: Not upheld FOI 16: Upheld