The complainant requested a copy of a page from the General Register Office detailing deaths in the Lambeth quarter in 1900. The Home Office refused to provide the requested information on the basis that it is reasonably accessible by other means (section 21 of FOIA). The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office breached section 10 of FOIA by failing to respond to the request within 20 working days. He finds that section 21 applies to all of the requested information with the exception of the Superintendent Registrar’s declaration on the specified page. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. Provide a copy of the Superintendent Registrar’s declaration which appears on page 310 of Volume 1d of deaths in Lambeth for the December quarter of 1900.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 10 – Complaint Upheld, FOI 21 – Complaint Upheld
Citations:
[2014] UKICO FS50515470
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 14 May 2022; Ref: scu.527482