Wandsworth Borough Council

The complainant has requested information about the teaching of relationships, sex and health education in a particular school. The London Borough of Wandsworth (the Council) said that the requested information was concerned with the statutory responsibilities of the school, and not the Council, and so it believed it did not hold it. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council failed to adequately ascertain whether or not it holds information falling within the scope of the request. This means that it has not complied with section 1(1) (General right of access) of FOIA. The Commissioner requires the Council to carry out searches to determine whether it holds any information falling within the scope of the request and then issue a fresh response to the complainant that conforms with section 1(1) of FOIA in respect of such information.