25 July 2016, Local government (Borough council)
The complainant has made a request to Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council (“the Council”) for two documents referenced in the 2014-2015 annual report of the Doncaster Safeguarding Children Board (“the Board”). The Council responded that it did not hold the information for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act (“the Act”). The complainant disputed the Council’s position. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council does not hold the information for the purposes of the Act. He does not require any steps to be taken.
FOI 1: Not upheld