Lincolnshire County Council

The complainant requested details of the statutory enactment and clause that permits restraint under a community care order and social services care plan. Lincolnshire County Council (the Council) applied the exemption contained at section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 as the requested information is readily available on www.opsi.gov.uk. The Commissioner has concluded that section 21 is not engaged as the Council did not precisely direct the complainant to the information requested. The Commissioner therefore upholds the complaint in this case but does not require the Council to take any further action.