Highways England

The complainant has requested information on other information requests made to Highways England on sub-threshold claims including steps taken to locate information and conclude no information was held. The request also asked for the fields used by Highways England’s contractors when sending information to Highways England. Highways England refused the request as vexatious under section 14(1)The Commissioner’s decision is that Highways England was not entitled to refuse to comply with the request under section 14(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires the public authority to issue a fresh response to the request which does not rely on section 14(1) of the FOIA.