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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

The complainant requested information from the Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) relating to the Great Exhibition 2.0. By the date of this notice DCMS had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that DCMS has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires DCMS to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation. DCMS must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under the FOIA. DCMS must take this step 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 10: Complaint upheld

Decision notice: ic-166488