Ref 2. Northwood Cemetery Correspondence (Feb 08)


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On Feb 2008 I asked for, amongst other items, copies of any correspondence with Enterprise plc referring to grounds maintenance work at the cemetery since April 2007.  No copies of any correspondence was supplied and I was not told whether or not LBH held such information. After fruitlessly complaining to LBH’s Information Officer I submitted a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO subsequently wrote to LBH reminding them that: 

“... the Council has an obligation under section 1(1) of the FOIA to state in writing whether it holds information that has been requested (this obligation is often referred to as the duty to confirm or deny). Section 1(1)(a)  states:

“Any person making a request for information to a public authority is entitled – (a) to be informed in writing by the public authority whether it holds information of the description specified in the request…”

The Council did not state in its initial response whether it held information of the description specified in the  request.  The Council has confirmed that it does not hold the correspondence requested by the complainant.

Text of complaint to Information Commissioner
Text of response from  Information Commissioner