London Borough of Lewisham

The complainant has requested information relating to complaints made about named Councillors. The Commissioner’s decision is that: London Borough of Lewisham (“the Council”) should have relied on section 40(5B)(a)(i) of FOIA to neither confirm nor deny it held any of the requested information. The Council breached section 17(1) of FOIA as it did not refuse the request within the required timescale of 20 working days. The Commissioner does not require the Council to take any corrective steps.