London Borough of Southwark

The complainant has requested copies of any information held by the London
Borough of Southwark (the council) and referring to RSM, LVTR and / or the Bridge SEN school during the period between 1 August 2022 and 28 December 2023.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the council breached section 1 of FOIA.
The Commissioner requires the council to take the following steps to ensure
compliance with the legislation.
• The Commissioner requires the council to provide a fresh response to the complainant’s original request as per his findings in the relevant section of this decision notice and in accordance with the requirements of FOIA.
• In its fresh response the council should specify what information is held, disclose any non-exempt information, and issue a section 17 refusal notice to refuse disclosure of any material the council considers to be exempt, clearly indicating to which part of the requested information this is being applied to.
The public authority must take these steps 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.