Freedom of Information Act Breach - Did you receive everything?
I recently submitted a freedom of information request with Nottinghamshire County Council.
When seeking clarification as to why specific information was missing from the FOI report that would have be beneficial to my claim against the council, the Senior Claims Handler in the Risk & Insurance department kindly advised that the out-of-hours Incident Response Team information had been left out of the FOI report.
Nottinghamshire County Council thought it would be acceptable to withhold information from the FOI report.
If you have recently requested information from Nottinghamshire County Council, please ensure they have fufilled your request in full and didn't withhold any information from YOU, as in the eyes of the council, they don't have to comply properly with requests, this means provide whatever the council would like to be released that benefits themselves.
As you may find out during your Freedom of Information request, that the Council have failed to appropriately respond to your request and deliberately withheld information as they didn't want it being released, to prevent you from claiming against them.
If you find out that you have been mistreated, raise a formal complaint with the Nottinghamshire County Council and request an internal review.
If you're not satisfied after the internal review, raise the issue with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
Update - After the internal review, Nottingham Council have admitted that they have withheld information and have apologised.
Don't back down!
24 de abril de 2024
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