Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The complainant submitted a request to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (the Council) seeking the total cost of replacement doorsets at a particularly property. The Council withheld the information on the basis of section 43(2) (commercial interests) of FOIA. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation the Council provided the complainant with the information it held falling within the scope of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council breached section 10(1) of FOIA by failing to disclose the requested information within 20 working days.