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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2022/153261.html
Cite as: [2022] UKICO 153261

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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

The complainant has requested, from Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (‘the council’), information relied upon by a councillor in a statement he made to the council regarding the ethnicity of the perpetrators of child sexual exploitation (CSE). The complainant also requested specific statistical data in respect of this. The complainant also sought metadata relating to that request. The council said that no information is held regarding the councillor’s statement, and that the complainant should remake their request to the Police for the statistical data. It disclosed information associated with the request for metadata. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, no information is held by the council falling within the scope of the complainant’s request for information regarding the councillor’s statement. He has also decided that the council has responded to the request for metadata. However, the Commissioner has decided that the council did not respond to the request for statistical data as required by section 1 of FOIA. The Commissioner requires the council to issue a fresh response to the complainant's request for statistical data which complies with section 1 of FOIA. The response should confirm or deny whether the requested information is held. If information is held, it should either be disclosed, or the council should issue a refusal notice which complies with section 17 FOIA.

FOI 1(1): Complaint partly upheld

Decision notice: 153261