Trafford Borough Council

The complainant made a 13 part request for information to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (the ‘Council’) relating to its Flexible Purchasing System (‘FPS’). The Council refused the whole request as vexatious under section 14(1) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council was entitled to refuse part 1 of the request as vexatious. However, parts two to 13 were not vexatious and therefore the Council was not entitled to refuse them. The Commissioner requires the Council to issues a fresh response to parts two to 13 of the request that does not rely on section 14(1) of FOIA.