London Borough of Barnet Council

The complainant has made two requests to London Borough of Barnet (‘the Council’) about the funding bid and expected income for the JOLT electric vehicle charging point scheme. The Council provided some of the requested information but relied on section 43(2) of FOIA to withhold the redacted sections of the requested bid document. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council was entitled to rely on section 43(2) of FOIA to withhold some of the requested information. He also finds that the Council breached sections 10(1) and 17(1) of FOIA by failing to provide a refusal notice to the requests within 20 working days. The Commissioner does not require further formal steps. However, if it has not already done so, the Council should disclose the updated version of the redacted bid document to the complainant as planned.