16 January 2017, Central government
In a multi-part request, the complainant requested information relating to the provision of food for Jewish prisoners. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) applied section 14(2) of the FOIA (repeated request). Having considered its handling of part (1) of the request, the Commissioner’s decision is that the MoJ did not apply section 14(2) appropriately to that part of the request. The Commissioner requires the MoJ to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: issue a fresh response to part (1) of the request not relying on section 14(2).
FOI 14: Upheld