North East Lincolnshire Council

The complainant has requested information with regards to information held by North East Lincolnshire Council (the council) about “provision for future payments to Anglian Water”. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council has, on the balance of probabilities, provided all the information it holds falling within the scope of the request. She also found that the council should have applied section 21 of the FOIA to information that had previously provided to the complainant, and with that, breached section 17(1) of the FOIA in not issuing a refusal notice. The Commissioner also found the council breached section 10(1) of the FOIA as the information was provided outside the required 20 working days following receipt of the request. As the information has been provided, the Commissioner does not require the council to take any steps.