St Helens Council
- Date 17 August 2022
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) FOI 10(1): Upheld
The complainant requested information from St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council (“the Council”) about health and safety assessments for two libraries within the borough. The Council provided a partial response stating the information for the second part of the request would be provided by their estates department, which they failed to do within 20 working days. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has breached section 10(1) of FOIA, in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner does not require the Council to take any steps.