West Sussex County Council
- Date 27 January 2021
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) FOI 14(1): Not upheld, FOI 17: Upheld
The complainant has submitted ten requests (within a single item of correspondence) for various information relating to Surrey Fire & Rescue Service. West Sussex County Council refused to comply with the requests on the basis that compliance would impose a grossly oppressive burden upon it, and therefore applied section 14(1). The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council is entitled to apply section 14(1) to the requests. However, in applying section 14(1) outside the time for compliance, the Council has breached section 17.
The Commissioner does not require the Council to take any steps