On 6 April 2014, Mr R asked the Scottish Prison Service (the SPS) for the information in 21 publications referenced in the response to a previous request he had made to the SPS. The SPS purported to withhold the information under section 25 of FOISA, on the basis that it was reasonably accessible to Mr R without requesting it under FOISA.
During the investigation, the SPS confirmed that it did not hold the information. It informed Mr R of this. The Commissioner accepted that the SPS did not hold the information, but found that the SPS had failed to give Mr R proper notice of this.
Citations:
[2014] ScotIC 196 – 2014
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Jurisdiction:
Scotland
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Updated: 19 November 2022; Ref: scu.538095