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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2019/fs50738072.html
Cite as: [2019] UKICO fs50738072

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Wark Parish Council

The complainant requested copies of minutes and documents tabled at parish council meetings. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, Wark Parish Council now holds no further information within the scope of elements [1] and [3] of the request beyond that published on its website – which is reasonably accessible to the requestor. However, on the balance of probabilities, she finds that the Parish Council did hold further information at the time it responded to the request which it failed to identify. It thus failed to discharge its Section 1(1) duty. In relation to element [2] of the request, the Commissioner finds that the fees that the Parish Council has proposed to charge the complainant are not reasonable and that it failed to issue its fees notice within 20 working days. She therefore finds that the Parish Council has breached Section 9 of the FOIA. The Commissioner does not require the Parish Council to take further steps in relation to elements [1] and [3] of the request, but in relation to element [2], she requires the Parish Council to: issue a fresh response to this element of the request.

FOI 1: Complaint partly upheld FOI 9: Complaint upheld

Decision notice: fs50738072