Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

The complainant has submitted six items of correspondence (each containing multiple information requests) relating to various subject matters including child sexual exploitation, officers’ registers of interest, the sale of public land, and General Election voting. Oldham Council refused to comply with the information requests under section 14(1). The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council is entitled to apply section 14(1). However, the Council breached section 17 by failing to issue a refusal notice within the time for compliance. The Commissioner does not require the Council to take any steps. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2021/0126 appeal allowed.