Wolverhampton City Council

The complainant requested information from the City of Wolverhampton Council (“the Council”) about electoral fraud including copies of documents relating to an investigation. By the date of this notice the Council had failed to provide a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council 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. The Commissioner requires the Council to respond to the complainant’s request in accordance with the FOIA. The Council must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice.