Bristol City Council
- Date 4 February 2022
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Not upheld, FOI 10(1): Upheld, FOI 40(2): Not upheld
The complainant has requested information relating to work that had been carried out by the council on properties in relation to the right to buy those properties. The council provided some information however it withheld other information on the basis that section 40(2) (personal information) of the FOI Act applied. The complainant disputed this. He also felt that other information should be held by the council. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council was correct to apply section 40(2) to withhold the information. He has, however decided that the council did not comply with the requirements of section 10(1) of the FOI Act as its response to the complainant’s request was not issued within 20 working days. The Commissioner does not require the council to take any steps.