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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2024/277390.html
Cite as: [2024] UKICO 277390

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Warwick District Council

The complainant requested information from Warwick District Council (the Council). By the date of this notice the public authority had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the questions at part 1, part 2 and part 3(1) are not valid requests for recorded information. The Council is not required to take any further action regarding these questions. The Commissioner also finds that the Council has breached section 10(1) of FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the remaining parts of the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation. The Council must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA. The Council 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 FOIA and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.

FOI 10: Complaint upheld FOI 8: Complaint not upheld

Decision notice: 277390