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Cite as: [2018] UKICO fs50690811
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Hextable Parish Council
The complainant requested information relating to the council’s accounts. He requested copies of bank statements, a copy of a payments and receipts list and copies of bills received by the council relating to a statement made in the parish newsletter that legal bills had amounted to £23, 000. The council initially said that the complainant could only inspect copies of the bank statements rather than be provided with copies. It disclosed a copy of the payments and receipt list but the complainant asked for it to be provided in a different format as he said it was unreadable. The council initially refused to provide this. The council also did not initially respond to the request for copies of the legal bills other than to try to provide an explanation for the costs it had quoted. During the course of the Commissioner's investigation the council disclosed the bank statements, provided the payments and receipts list in a different format. The Commissioner has therefore only considered the time which the council took to disclose this information to the complainant. The council also provided some copies of legal bills which relate to the £23, 000, however it argued that the remainder were held in its archive and that it would exceed the appropriate limit for it to locate and provide this to him. It therefore applied section 12 to the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council has correctly applied section 12 to the information. She has however decided that the council did not comply with the requirements of section 10(1) of the Act in that it did not provide copies of the bank statements within 20 working days. The Commissioner does not require the council to take any steps.FOI 10: Complaint upheld FOI 12: Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: fs50690811