Information Commissioner's Office

St Mary's College

19 October 2017, Education (College)

In a series of requests, the complainant has requested information about how St Mary’s College (‘the College’) manages health and safety risks. The Commissioner’s decision is that: the College’s responses of 21 December 2016 and 27 January 2017 to the complainant’s request of 15 December 2016 breached section 1(1)(a) as the College did not clearly tell the complainant whether or not it held the information he had requested; and the College breached section 10(1) with regards to the complainant’s requests of 15 December 2016, 11 February 2017 and 11 August 2017 as it did not communicate to the complainant all the information it holds that falls within the scope of these requests within 20 working days. The College has now complied with its obligations under section 1(1)(a) and 1(1)(b) of the FOIA with regards to the above requests, and the Commissioner does not require the College to take any further steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.

FOI 1: Partly upheld FOI 10: Upheld