7 March 2016, Central government
The complainant has requested information from the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) relating to the Biomass Suppliers List (BSL). DECC has disclosed the information it holds within the scope of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that on the balance of probabilities, DECC has now disclosed all the relevant information it holds but that disclosure of some of that information was outside the statutory 20 day time limit and accordingly DECC has breached regulation 5(2) EIR. The Commissioner does not require DECC to take any further steps.
EIR 5(1): Not upheld EIR 5(2): Upheld