5 November 2015, Central government
The complainant has requested information concerning inspection policies and training held by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (‘APHA’). He has also requested information concerning a Moderation Panel hearing which considered his complaint made to APHA. The request was made as part of a subject access request (‘SAR’). APHA provided a response under the Data Protection Act 1998 (the ‘DPA’) and then, following the Commissioner’s intervention, later responded to the outstanding FOIA elements of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that APHA has provided the information it holds in response to this FOIA request. However as the FOIA response was not provided within the time for compliance, APHA has breached section 10(1). The Commissioner has also considered any personal data which was included in the FOIA request and is satisfied that this was addressed in the SAR response. There are no further steps to be taken.
FOI 1: Not upheld FOI 10: Upheld