London Borough of Waltham Forest

The complainant submitted a request to the London Borough of Waltham Forest (the council) for information relating to enforcement action regarding non-payment of council tax. In this request, they confirmed that they wished to receive this information in tabular form and in hard copy to a specified postal address. From the evidence provided to him, the Commissioner finds that the council has not complied with the provisions of section 11 as it did not provide the disclosed information in the complainant’s preferred format. The Commissioner requires the council to provide the complainant with a tabulated hard copy version of the requested information to the specified postal address. 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.