3 August 2016, Central government
The complainant requested information relating to the food items a particular prisoner was allowed to receive while in Wakefield prison. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) refused to confirm or deny whether it held the requested information citing section 40(5) of the FOIA (personal information). The Commissioner’s decision is that the MoJ was entitled to rely on section 40(5)(b)(i). She requires no steps to be taken as a result of this decision notice.
FOI 40: Not upheld