Information Commissioner's Office

Wrexham County Borough Council

24 July 2017, Local government (Borough council)

The complainant has requested various information in respect of schools nearest to each postcode within Wrexham County Borough Council’s boundaries. The Council argued that the information was not held for the purpose of the FOIA as it would require a degree of professional judgement to understand and extract the relevant information from the records that it holds. It has also argued that extracting the information would exceed the appropriate limit under section 12 of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council is correct that it does not hold the information for the purposes of FOIA and has complied with its obligations under section 1(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.   Please note that both English and Welsh language versions of the decision notice are included in the PDF below.   Mae’r achwynydd wedi gofyn am amryw o wybodaeth ynglŷn â’r ysgolion sydd agosaf at bob cod post o fewn ffiniau Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam. Dadleuai’r Cyngor nad oedd yr wybodaeth yn cael ei dal at ddibenion y Ddeddf gan y byddai angen mesur o grebwyll proffesiynol i ddeall a chodi’r wybodaeth berthnasol o’r cofnodion sydd ganddo. Dadleuai hefyd y byddai codi’r wybodaeth yn mynd y tu hwnt i’r terfyn priodol o dan adran 12 o’r Ddeddf. Penderfyniad y Comisiynydd yw bod y Cyngor yn gywir nad yw’n dal yr wybodaeth at ddibenion y Ddeddf a’i fod wedi cydymffurfio â’i rwymedigaethau o dan adran 1(1) ohoni. Nid yw’r Comisiynydd yn gofyn i’r awdurdod cyhoeddus gymryd unrhyw gamau.

FOI 1(1): Not upheld