Tees Valley Combined Authority

The complainant has requested any internal communications about a previous FOI request. Tees Valley Combined Authority (“the Council”) refused the request, citing section 14(1) (vexatious) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council are not entitled to rely on section 14(1) to refuse the request. The Commissioner requires the Council to issue a fresh response to the request that does not rely on section 14(1).