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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Information Commissioner's Office >> London Borough of Hillingdon (Local government) [2025] UKICO 357722 (23 January 2025) URL: https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2025/357722.html Cite as: [2025] UKICO 357722 |
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Link for IOC full Decision notice pdf file: London Borough of Hillingdon (Local government) [2025] UKICO 357722 (23 January 2025)
The complainant has requested from London Borough of Hillingdon (the Council) information relating to quotes provided for tarmacking works and copies of letters sent to local residents. The Council treated the request as a Subject Access Request (SAR). It then provided a response as part of the internal review which provided some information. The Commissioner's decision is that the public authority has failed to provide a substantive response to the request for information under FOIA. A public authority will breach section 10 of FOIA if it fails to respond to a request within 20 working days, which the Council failed to do in this case.The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.The public authority must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA. In this response the Council should disclose any information falling within the scope of the request it does not consider to be exempt and issue a section 17 refusalnotice in respect of any material it considers to be exempt, clearly indicating which part of the requested information exemption(s) are being applied to.The public authority must take this step within 30 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.