Information Commissioner's Office

Summary: The complainant contacted the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on 03 August 2009 to request information used in the nuclear safety case relating to the expansion of Lydd Airport and the potential for aircraft strike on the nuclear facility at Dungeness. Information sought included aircraft mix and frequency; aircraft reliability figures; mathematical calculations and the quantification of the target area. To date the complainant has received no substantive response. The Commissioner therefore finds the public authority to be in breach of section 10(1) of the Act and instructs the HSE to provide a substantive response or issue a valid refusal notice in accordance with section 17 of the Act.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld