Tudor Grange Academies Trust

The complainant has requested information about careers provision. Tudor Grange Academies Trust refused the request as vexatious. The Commissioner’s decision is that the request was not vexatious and therefore the Trust wass not entitled to rely on section 14(1) of the FOIA to refuse it. As the Trust also failed to issue its refusal notice within 20 working days, it breached section 17 of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires the Trust to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: issue a fresh response, to the request, that does not rely on section 14 of the FOIA.