14 July 2008, Central government
The complainant requested information relating to the business affairs of David Mills, the husband of Tessa Jowell MP. While the Commissioner found that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) did not hold the information, he criticised FCO for leading the complainant to believe that it did. The Commissioner concluded that FCO had breached section 10 of the Act in failing to respond to the information request within 20 working days.
FOI 1: Not upheld