The complainant requested information from the Department of Health and Social Care (‘the DHSC’) regarding the handling of their recent press enquiries to the DHSC press team. By the date of this notice the DHSC had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the DHSC 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.
FOI 10(1): Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2022] UKICO ic-144009
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 18 November 2022; Ref: scu.674756