Ministry of Defence (Central Government): ICO 15 Sep 2020

The complainant submitted a request to the Ministry of Defence seeking copies of ‘Defence Air Safety Occurrence Reports’ filed by air traffic control personnel at RAF Wittering for the period November 2014 to March 2018 . The MOD refused to comply with the request on the basis of section 14(1) (vexatious) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the MOD cannot rely on section 14(1) as a basis to refuse to comply with this request.
FOI 14: Complaint upheld

Citations:

[2020] UKICO IC-47061-F3Z6

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

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Updated: 05 November 2022; Ref: scu.656066