Wandsworth Borough Council

The complainant requested information from the London Borough of Wandsworth (“the Council”) including information relating to a specific school, a SoSAFE! programme and GDPR breaches. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council is entitled to rely on section 40(2) (personal information) of FOIA to withhold the name of its Inclusion Service Manager. He also finds that the Council did not breach section 10(1) (time for compliance) by responding to the request within 20 working days. However, the Commissioner finds that the Council has failed to demonstrate that on the balance of probabilities, it does not hold further information within the scope of the request. The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. The Council is required to carry out further searches aimed at identifying all the information it holds falling within the scope of the request, and to issue the complainant with a new response which meets the requirements of FOIA. The Council 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.