City of London Academy Islington

The complainant has requested information about threshold pay and expenses reimbursements received by City of London Academy, Islington (“COLA-I”) staff members. The request was correctly responded to under the FOIA in September 2012, four months after the initial request. The complainant has specifically requested a decision notice regarding the time taken to respond. The Commissioner recognises that COLA-I did respond to the request by discussing the matter with the complainant at a meeting prior to this, and that COLA-I has stated that it was not aware that it also needed to respond in writing. The Commissioner’s decision is that has COLA-I has breached section 10 of the FOIA as it failed to respond to the request properly and in accordance with the FOIA. COLA-I has now issued a proper response under the FOIA to the request. The Commissioner therefore does not require any further steps to be taken by COLA-I.