9 March 2017, Central government
The complainant requested information relating to statistical data about court orders made in the Family Court together with information about domestic violence and child protection matters. 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 has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a response to the request within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days. She requires it to comply with the request or issue a valid refusal notice as set out in section 17 of the FOIA.
FOI 10: Upheld