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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2023/258600.html
Cite as: [2023] UKICO 258600
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Ministry of Justice
The complainant requested information about damages and costs paid as a result of assaults on biologically female prisoners by biologically male prisoners in UK prisons. The Ministry of Justice (the ‘MOJ’) refused to confirm or deny whether it held the requested information, citing the ‘neither confirm nor deny’ provision within section 40(5) of FOIA (the exemption for personal information).The Commissioner’s decision is that the MOJ has properly relied on section 40(5B)(a)(i) of FOIA to refuse to confirm or deny whether any information associated with the specified assaults is held.No steps are required as a result of this notice.FOI 40: Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: 258600