Nottinghamshire County Council

The complainant has requested information with regards to public houses. Nottinghamshire County Council (the council) initially responded that the information was not held, then later amended its position that information may be held but relied on section 12 of the FOIA to refuse the request – exceed the appropriate cost limit. During the Commissioner’s investigations the council then reverted back to its initial response that the information is not held. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council does not hold the information falling within the scope of the request. The Commissioner has found that the council breached section 10(1) of the FOIA for the time it took to provide its final response. As the final response has been provided, the Commissioner does not require the council to take any steps.