London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames

The complainant has requested information relating to the London Community Equipment Consortium Framework Agreement. The London Borough of Richmond (“The Council”) relied on section 12 of FOIA (cost of compliance) to refuse the request.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has not sufficiently demonstrated that section 12(1) is engaged.
The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
•    Issue a fresh response to the request that does not rely on section 12(1) of FOIA.
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.