Wolverhampton City Council

The complainant requested information from City of Wolverhampton Council (“the Council”) relating to the age of individuals employed by the Council and contracts awarded by the Council for the provision of medico-legal witness expert reports. The Council provided the complainant with some information within the scope of questions 1 and 2 of the request but denied holding information within the scope of question 3 of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council does hold information within the scope of question 3 of the request. The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. The Council must issue a fresh response to the request following searches aimed at identifying all the information held within the scope of question 3 of the request The Council must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of FOIA and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.