The complainant requested information from the Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport (‘DCMS’) about its email correspondence with the Cabinet Clearing House in 2019. 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 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.
FOI 10: Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2022] UKICO ic-150316
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 14 June 2022; Ref: scu.674865