Oxford Direct Services Ltd

The complainant requested from Oxford Direct Services Limited (‘ODSL’) information relating to the furloughing of specified staff within 2020. ODSL initially argued that it did not hold any information falling within the scope of the request. During the course of the Commissioner's investigation, however, ODSL located and disclosed some information but it argues that no further relevant information is held by it. The Commissioner’s decision is that on a balance of probabilities, ODSL has now complied with section 1 of FOIA. However, he has also decided that ODSL did not comply with the requirements of section 10 of FOIA as it did not disclose the information which it did hold within 20 working days of receiving the request for information. The Commissioner does not require ODSL to take any steps.