Seascale Parish Council
- Date 8 April 2020
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Upheld, FOI 10: Upheld, FOI 14: Not upheld
The complainant submitted two requests for information relating to finance which Seascale Parish Council (‘SPC’) had made available for the refurbishment of a local amenity. SPC refused to comply with the requests, on the grounds that they were vexatious within the meaning of section 14 of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that SPC was entitled to cite section 14 of the FOIA to refuse to comply with the requests. However, in failing to respond to the requests within the 20 working day time for compliance, SPC breached sections 1 and 10 of the FOIA.