Birmingham City Council

A public authority will breach section 10 of FOIA if it fails to respond to a request within 20 working days. Based on evidence available to the Commissioner, by the date of this notice the council has not issued a substantive response to this request. Therefore the Commissioner finds a breach of section 10. The council must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA. The council must take this step within 30 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of FOIA and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.