30 January 2017, Other
The complainant requested information concerning compensation for sex crime victims. The Commissioner’s decision is that the BBC did not deal with the request in accordance with the FOIA. This is because the public authority provided its response outside the statutory 20 working days and it has therefore breached section 10(1) of the FOIA. As a response has now been provided during the course of the investigation, the Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken.
FOI 10: Upheld