Legal Services Commission
- Date 8 October 2012
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 31: Upheld, FOI 40: Upheld, FOI 43: Upheld
The complainant asked the Legal Services Commission (LSC) for the amounts that have been paid in legal aid to Abu Qatada since 2008 and for details of any legal aid claim currently being considered. The Commissioner’s decision is that by first maintaining that it did not hold the information and then by exempting it under s40(2), s31(1)(c) and s43(2) the LSC did not deal with the request in accordance with the FOIA.