South Cheshire Catholic Multi-Academy Trust

St Thomas More Catholic High School (‘the School’) is a member of the South Cheshire Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, which is the responsible public authority for the purposes of this decision. The complainant submitted a request to the School for information associated with a disability discrimination claim.  The School released relevant information it holds but the complainant considers that the School holds further relevant information within the scope of one part of her request. The Commissioner’s decision is as follows:  On the balance of probabilities, the School holds no further information that falls within the scope of the complainant’s request for the amount paid to a barrister.  The Commissioner therefore finds that the School complied with section 1(1) of the FOIA. The School breached section 10(1) of the FOIA as it did not comply with section 1(1) within 20 working days following the date of receipt of the request. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any remedial steps.