Conwy County Borough Council

The complainant made a request to Conwy County Borough Council (the Council) under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 (RPSI) to re-use information provided to him in response to a previous request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Council refused to comply on the basis that the request for re-use was not a valid request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the request for re-use was valid under regulation 6 (Request for re-use) of the RPSI. The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation: issue a fresh response to the request for re-use.