Information Commissioner's Office

Summary: The complainant requested evidence supporting a statement contained in the Marine Management Organisation-�s (-�MMO-�) annual report for 2011/12 that a strategic outcome, that it would publish quota management rules by December each year, had been met. The MMO confirmed that the relevant management rules were published in February 2012 but did not confirm that it did not hold any information falling within the scope of the request. The Commissioner-�s decision is that the MMO has breached sections 1(1)(a) and 10(1) by not informing the complainant that it did not hold any information falling within the scope of the request. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any further steps to ensure compliance with the legislation as it has now written to the complainant to confirm that it does not hold any relevant information.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld