14 January 2015, Central government
The complainant submitted a request for information relating to the provision of a specified book in prisons from the Ministry of Justice (the ‘MOJ’). By the date of this notice, the MOJ has yet to provide a substantive response to this request. The Information Commissioner’s decision is that the MOJ breached section 10 of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within 20 working days of receipt. He requires the public authority to respond to the request in accordance with the obligations under the FOIA.
FOI 10: Upheld