5 May 2016, Central government
The complainant made a multi-part request for information to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) relating to individuals with responsibility for compliance with the Data Protection Act (DPA) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Commissioner’s decision is that by failing to respond to this request within the statutory timescale the MoJ breached section 10(1) of the FOIA. As a substantive response has been provided to the complainant, the Commissioner does not require any remedial steps to be taken.
FOI 10: Upheld