6 March 2017, Central government
The complainant requested information from the Ministry of Justice (the ‘MOJ’) about sex offender treatment programmes. 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. She requires the MOJ to respond to the request in accordance with the obligations under the FOIA.
FOI 1: Upheld