Hertfordshire County Council have been criticised over its response to a Freedom of Information request by the Information Commissioner. 

The Hertfordshire Mercury report:  

HERTFORDSHIRE County Council failed in its duty to disclose information to a member of the public, according to a Government watchdog.

In doing so, it breached two sections of the Freedom of Information Act – by failing to respond accurately and within the time allotted.

The authority received a Freedom of Information request by a member of the public asking “how much did it take HCC’s in house solicitors in hours or man hours – an estimation of the hours should be sufficient – to prepare” for six court cases.

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Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.