Royal Borough of Greenwich

The complainant requested information about Thomas Tallis School. The Royal Borough of Greenwich (the ‘Council’) responded and applied section 21 (information reasonably accessible to the applicant by other means) to the request. During the Commissioner’s investigation, the Council revised its position and said that it did not hold the requested information, apart from that relating to a bathroom installation at Thomas Tallis School, which was disclosed during the investigation. Apart from the information about the bathroom installation, the Commissioner’s decision is that the Council, on the balance of probabilities, does not hold the requested information. The Council breached section 10 of FOIA by failing to provide a response within 20 working days. He does not require the Council to take any remedial steps.