10 July 2017, Central government
The complainant has requested information about the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, his staff and their interaction with the Home Office. The Home Office refused to comply with the request citing section 12 (Cost of compliance) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office was entitled to apply section 12(1) to refuse to comply with the request. However, in failing to respond to the request within the statutory timescale, the Commissioner finds that the Home Office breached section 10 (Time for compliance) of the FOIA.
FOI 10: Upheld FOI 12: Not upheld