27 April 2017, Local government (District council)
The complainant has requested information relating to gender equality. The Commissioner’s decision is that Epping Forest District Council provided it’s Equality Policy outside of the statutory time limit for responding to requests in breach of section 10(1) of the FOIA. She has also decided that information relating to the number of male and female heating engineers and plumbers is not held for the purposes of FOIA by virtue of section 3(2)(b). She does not require the public authority to take any steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
FOI 10: Upheld FOI 3: Not upheld