16 November 2017, Central government
The complainant has requested information regarding enforced removals of foreign nationals from the Home Office (the “HO”). By the date of this notice, the HO has yet to provide a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the HO breached sections 1 and 10 of the FOIA in failing to provide a valid response to the request within 20 working days of receipt. She requires it to comply with the request or issue a valid refusal notice as set out in section 17 of the FOIA.
FOI 1: Upheld FOI 10: Upheld