12 August 2014, Central government
The complainant requested information from the Home Office relating to communications and correspondence relating to Hillsborough involving the Home Secretary and two members of the Hillsborough Independent Panel Secretariat, for the period 3-15 September 2012. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office correctly withheld the requested information under the exemptions provided by sections 31 and 36 of FOIA but that it breached the statutory time for compliance at section 10(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner does not require the Home Office to take any steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
FOI 10: Partly upheld FOI 31: Not upheld