Enford Parish Council

The complainant requested a tape recording of a parish meeting from Enford Parish Council (“the council”). The council refused to supply the information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council breached section 1(1)(a) and (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the FOIA”) by failing to state that it held the information. The Commissioner requires the public authority to provide a copy of the tape recording of the meeting to the complainant unless a valid exemption applies under the FOIA. If an exemption is considered to apply, the authority should issue a refusal notice to the complainant in accordance with the obligations under section 17.