29 November 2016, Local government (District council)
The complainant has made a request to Bradford Metropolitan District Council for information about council tax, councillors and the sale of land. The Council has responded to some parts of the request, but has failed to respond to the remaining parts under the terms of either the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has breached the requirement of section 10(1) of the FOIA and regulation 5(1) of the EIR. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: Respond in full to the complainant’s information request of 29 June 2016. This response should comply with the terms of the FOIA or EIR, depending on which regime is applicable.
FOI 10: Upheld EIR 5(2): Upheld