Birmingham City Council

The complainant requested information about invoices paid from 1 April 2019. Birmingham City Council (the Council) provided some information but the complainant pointed out that it had not provided all of the information relevant to the request. In its internal review the Council stated that it was now relying on section 12 (appropriate limit) of the FOIA as compliance with the request would exceed the appropriate limit. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council is not entitled to rely on section 12 to refuse the request. The Commissioner requires the Council issue a fresh response to the request that does not rely on section 12(1) of FOIA.