Southend-On-Sea City Council

The complainant requested information from Southend-on-Sea City Council (the Council), including information relating to the Council’s ICT Policies. The Council provided some information within the scope of the request, but refused to provide the remainder, citing sections 21 (information accessible to applicant by other means) and 31 (law enforcement) of FOIA. The Commissioner has considered the timeliness of the Council’s handling of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council breached section 10(1) (time for compliance) of FOIA as it did not provide all of the non-exempt information that it held within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken as a result of this decision.