South Staffordshire Council

The complainant requested information from South Staffordshire District Council (“the Council”) about committee minutes regrading High Court action and the outcome of a High Court decision. By the date of this notice the Council has not issued 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 take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation: the Council must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA.