24 August 2016, Central government
The complainant has requested information relating to Lowell Goddard’s expenses and the 2016/2017 budget for the Goddard enquiry. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office did not deal with the request for information in accordance with section 10 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) in the following way in that it failed to provide a response to the request within that statutory time frame of 20 working days from receipt. The Commissioner requires the Home Office to respond to issue a response under the FOIA.
FOI 10: Upheld