Information Commissioner

The complainant has requested information about staff with criminal convictions for violent or sexual offences against women. The public authority refused the request as vexatious. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority has not demonstrated that element B of the request is vexatious and is thus not entitled to rely on section 14 of FOIA to refuse this part of the request. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: Issue a fresh response to element B of the request that does not rely on section 14(1) of FOIA.