Oxford City Council
- Date 25 July 2016
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 11.3: Upheld, EIR 11.4: Upheld, EIR 5.1: Upheld, EIR 5.2: Upheld
The complainant has requested information from Oxford City Council (“the Council”) about the Unlawfully Moored Boats Enforcement Group (“UMBEG”). The Council stated that it did not hold the requested information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council did hold the requested information and that it breached regulation 5(1) of the EIR by failing to make it available on request. He also found that by failing to respond within the statutory timeframe it breached regulation 5(2) and that by failing to provide an internal review it breached regulations 11(3) and 11(4).The Commissioner requires the Council to locate all relevant information held in relation to each limb of the complainant’s request and to issue a fresh response that complies with regulation 5(1), or issue a valid refusal notice under regulation 14(1).