The complainant requested information from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) regarding the rules relating to beneficiaries of a payment scheme. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has failed to carry out a reconsideration (internal review) of a response it provided, under the EIR, within 40 working days and has therefore breached Regulation 11 of the EIR. The Commissioner requires the RPA to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. Reconsider how it responded to the original request and inform the complainant of the outcome of that reconsideration in accordance with Regulation 11 of the EIR. The RPA 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 Freedom of Information Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.
EIR 11: Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2021] UKICO IC-73848
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 07 August 2022; Ref: scu.659790