London Borough of Tower Hamlets

The complainant has requested the council to disclose information relating to a BBC Panorama program relating to the recent media investigations surrounding Luftur Rahman. The council responded releasing some information but refusing to disclose other information under sections 43 and 36 of the FOIA. During the Commissioner’s investigation the council released further information, which then satisfied this element of the complainant’s complaint. He however requested the Commissioner to consider how the request had been handled and to record any procedural breaches of the FOIA. The Commissioner has reviewed how this request was handled and he has found that the council was in breach of sections 10(1), 17(1), 17(2) and 17(3) of the FOIA in this case. He does not however require any further action to be taken.