London Borough of Havering

The complainant submitted a request to London Borough of Havering (the Council) for information relating to the grade evaluation scores for a named post under the GLPC valuation scheme.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council was not entitled to rely on section 43(2) of FOIA to withhold the requested information. The Council also breached section 1(1) and 10(1) of FOIA by failing to respond to the request within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days.
The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation.
• Disclose the withheld information (with any personal data suitably redacted in accordance with his guidance).
The public authority must take this step within 30 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.