London Borough of Hackney

The complainant requested information on 13 August 2021 regarding information relating to which companies pay business rates in the London Borough of Hackney. By the date of this notice, London Borough of Hackney (“the Borough”) had not issued a substantive response to this request. 

The Commissioner’s decision is that the Borough has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days.