Westmorland and Furness Council
- Date 9 July 2024
- Type Practice recommendation
- Sector Local government
Westmorland and Furness Council (the Council) has a poor level of performance in terms of its response times to FOIA requests. This has been highlighted following engagement between the Commissioner’s staff and the Council where it was discovered that the Council were not responding to a significant proportion of requests within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days. The Commissioner has reached the view that the Council’s request handling practices do not conform to part 4 of the section 45 Freedom of Information Code of Practice, issued by the Cabinet Office in July 2018 (the Code).