11 January 2018, Central government
The complainant requested from the Ministry of Justice information it held about what she termed “lawful rebellion”. At the date of this notice, she has yet to receive a substantive response. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Ministry of Justice has failed to provide a response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days and is in breach of sections 1(1) and 10(1) FOIA. The Commissioner requires the Ministry of Justice to comply with the request or issue a valid refusal notice as set out in section 17(1) FOIA. The Ministry of Justice must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.
FOI 1: Upheld FOI 10: Upheld