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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2021/ic-82120.html
Cite as: [2021] UKICO ic-82120

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Carlisle City Council

The complainant has requested information pertaining to the council’s policy on Sexual Entertainment Licences. The council initially applied section 36(2) (prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs) to withhold some information, said that other information was not held, and it also disclosed some information. During the course of the Commissioner's investigation the council withdrew its reliance upon section 36(2) and disclosed a copy of a report to the complainant. the remaining issues were therefore whether further information is held, and the time which the council took to disclose the information to the complainant. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on a balance of probabilities, the council was correct to state that it holds no information in respect of the time spent by its officers on the licences. He has, however, decided that the council did not comply with the requirements of section 10(1) in that it did not disclose a copy of the report falling within part 1 of the request within 20 working days of the receipt of the request. The Commissioner does not require the council to take any steps.

FOI 1(1): Complaint not upheld FOI 10(1): Complaint upheld

Decision notice: ic-82120