Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service

The complainant made requests to Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service for copies of communications relating to its handling of a complaint he submitted against the Chair of Lancashire Combined Fire Authority. He also requested details of all expenses the Chair had claimed over a period of nine years. The public authority refused the requests as vexatious and applied section 14(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the ‘Act’). The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority was entitled to rely upon section 14(1) and he requires no further action to be taken. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2011/0158 dismissed.