Information Commissioner's Office

In a three part request, the complainant requested information about a member of ICO staff. The ICO disclosed information falling within scope of part 2 of the request and advised that parts 1 and 3 were conditional and therefore not valid requests under section 8(1) of FOIA.
The Commissioner's decision is that part 1 of the request was a valid request for information under section 8(1) of FOIA and that the ICO failed to deal with it in accordance with section 1.
The Commissioner requires the ICO to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: The ICO must issue the complainant with a fresh response to part 1 of the request which complies with its obligations under section 1 of FOIA. If it wishes to refuse part 1, it must issue a refusal notice compliant with section 17 of FOIA.