Electoral Returning Officers are not obligated to respond to Freedom of Information requests though, in practice, the vast majority of them do so. Recent review has suggested that they should be legally obligated to respond, in part due to refusal by a very small minority of EROs to give electors crucial information on whether they have fulfilled their legal obligations to get electors on to the register.

EDDC was singled out specifically by the Parliamentary Commission on Voter Engagement as an example of a council which persistently failed to follow guidelines (and the law).

Here is an exchange which shows that our ERO (and Chief Executive) has no intention of complying with the recommendations on transparency:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/conduct_of_the_may_22_2014_local#outgoing-397991