14 July 2014, Central government
The complainant submitted ten requests for information relating to public and private prisons. The Ministry of Justice aggregated the requests and applied section 12. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Ministry of Justice has initially aggregated requests 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10 appropriately. However, he considers that requests 8 and 9 should be dealt with separately. The Commissioner therefore requires the Ministry of Justice to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: issue fresh responses to requests 8 and 9. The Ministry of Justice must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice.
FOI 12: Partly upheld FOI 16: Upheld