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Ministry of Justice
28 November 2017, Central government
The complainant requested information relating to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ)’s procedure for responding to letters from the public as well as statistical information relating to offenders on drug charges. While the MoJ provided a response, it did so outside of the required 20 working day timescale of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that, in failing to respond to the request within the statutory timescale, the MoJ breached section 10(1) of the FOIA. As a response has been provided, the Commissioner does not require the MoJ to take any further steps.
FOI 10: Upheld