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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Information Commissioner's Office >> Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (Decision Notice) [2011] UKICO FS50414915 (15 November 2011) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2011/FS50414915.html Cite as: [2011] UKICO FS50414915 |
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Summary: The complainant wrote to Wirral Borough Council (the -council-) and requested the following information: the council-s expenditure on external legal fees during the last 5 years. The Information Commissioner-s (the -Commissioner-) decision is that the council did not deal with the request for information in accordance with the FOIA in the following way: it failed to provide a response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the council to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the FOIA: to confirm or deny whether the requested information is held. If information is held, either provide it or issue a valid refusal notice as set out in the FOIA.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld
