Sheffield City Council
- Date 5 February 2018
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Partly upheld, FOI 10: Upheld, FOI 22: Upheld
The complainant has requested information from Sheffield City Council (‘the Council’) on particular performance measures. The Council says that the information the complainant has requested is exempt from release under section 22(1) (information intended for future publication). The Commissioner’s decision is as follows: The Council breached section 1(1)(a) of the FOIA with regards to the second part of the complainant’s request as it did not confirm that it does not hold this information. The Council breached section 10(1) as it did not comply with section 1(1) within 20 working days. Section 22(1) is not engaged with respect to the information that has been withheld under this exemption. The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following step: Release to the complainant the information it has withheld under section 22(1).