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Ministry of Justice (Decision Notice) [2012] UKICO FS50448576 (26 September 2012)
Summary: The complainant requested information concerning the cost to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of the Interpretation Project. The MoJ refused this request on cost grounds under section 12(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the cost limit and so the MoJ applied section 12(1) correctly. The MoJ is not, therefore, required to comply with the complainant-™s request. However, the Commissioner also finds that the MoJ breached the requirement of section 16(1) of the FOIA in that it did not provide to the complainant advice as to how his request could be refined in order to bring it within the cost limit. The Commissioner requires the public authority to contact the complainant in writing and provide advice as to how to refine her request in order that it may be possible to comply with it without exceeding the cost limit.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 12 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 16 - Complaint Upheld