Shropshire Council has been ordered to take action over its 'poor handling' of Freedom of Information requests – or face being found in contempt of court.
Shropshire Council has been ordered to take action over its "poor handling" of Freedom of Information requests – or face being found in contempt of court.Shropshire Council was found to have 'poor handling' of FOI requests
The ICO said the council confirmed it had a"weak FOI request handling system", with individual service areas responsible for recording and collating their own FOI requests. It is also required to devise and publish an action plan to mitigate any future delays to FOI requests, within 35 days from the date of the notice.
He added: “Any public authority with poor Freedom of Information compliance levels may be subject to enforcement or practice recommendations as part of the ICO’s commitment to promoting openness, transparency and accountability.”
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