16 February 2016, Central government
The complainant submitted a request for information to the Ministry of Justice (the ‘MOJ’) for a list of MPs who are Freemasons and associated details. By the date of this notice, the MOJ has yet to provide a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the MOJ breached sections 1 and 10 of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within 20 working days of receipt. The Commissioner requires the MOJ issue a response to the request set out in paragraph 5.
FOI 1: Upheld FOI 10: Upheld