London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

The complainant has requested from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (“the Council”) information broadly relating to an agreement between the Council and Newlyn Plc. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council did not deal with the request for information in accordance with the FOIA in the following way. It failed to provide a response to the request within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days. As a response has now been provided, the Commissioner requires the Council to take no steps.