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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2019/fs50818422.html
Cite as: [2019] UKICO fs50818422

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Ministry of Justice

The complainant requested the total number of incidents where an unmanned aerial vehicle (‘UAV’), more commonly known as a “drone”, had been used to convey prohibited articles into or out of prisons over three specified years. The Ministry of Justice (the ‘MOJ’) adopted various positions in relation to the year 2016, but advised the Commissioner that the information was not held. It refused to provide the information for the years 2017 and 2018, citing various subsections of section 31(1), the exemption for law enforcement. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, the MOJ does hold information for the year 2016. She also finds that sections 31(1)(a), (b), (c) and (f) are not engaged in relation to the withheld information for the years 2017 and 2018. Her position is set out in a confidential annex which will be provided to the MOJ only. The Commissioner therefore requires the MOJ to issue a fresh response in relation to the withheld information for 2016 and to disclose the withheld information in relation to the years 2017 and 2018 within 35 calendar days of this notice.

FOI 31: Complaint upheld FOI 1: Complaint upheld

Decision notice: fs50818422