London Borough of Hackney Council

The complainant submitted a request to the London Borough of Hackney (the Council) seeking information about its decision to introduce a fee for garden waste collection. The Council provided some information in response to the request. The complainant argued that further information was likely to be held and should have been provided to her. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation the Council identified further information which was provided to the complainant. The Commissioner’s decision is that on the balance of probabilities the Council does not hold any further information, beyond that now disclosed to the complainant, falling within the scope of this request. However, the Council breached section 10(1) of FOIA by failing to respond to the request within 20 working days and by not providing all of the requested information it held within this timeframe.