Oxford City Council
- Date 20 December 2022
- Type Practice recommendation
- Sector Local government
Oxford City Council (the Council) has had a consistently poor level of performance in terms of its response times to FOIA requests. This has been highlighted by the disproportionately high number of complaints about response times submitted to the Information Commissioner, as well as the high number of decision notices he has had to issue to the Council to compel it to respond to outstanding requests. The Commissioner is also concerned about a failure to carry out internal reviews. The Commissioner has reached the view that the Council’s request handling practices do not conform to part 4 and part 5 of the section 45 Freedom of Information Code of Practice.