17 January 2017, Local government (Borough council)
The complainant requested information from the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham (“the Council”) relating to the Council’s records, policies and guidance on the handling of requests submitted to the Council under both the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FOIA”) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2014 (“EIR”). The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council did not deal with the request for information in accordance with the FOIA in the following way: it failed to provide a response to the request within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days as set out in section 10 of the FOIA. As a response has now been provided, the Commissioner requires the Council to take no steps.
FOI 10: Upheld