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Blackwater Community Primary School

The complainant requested information from Blackwater Community Primary School (“the School”) relating to the recruitment of British Muslim employees. By the date of this notice the School had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the School has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the School to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation. The School must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under the FOIA. The School must take this step within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.

FOI 10: Complaint upheld

Decision notice: ic-161003