Ministry of Justice
- Date 1 December 2014
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld
The complainant requested an electronic copy of the whole Magistrates Courts Manual. The Ministry of Justice (the ‘MOJ’) acknowledged that it had failed to respond to the request within 20 working days and advised the complainant that it was working on the redaction and release of the manual. By the date of this notice, however, the MOJ has yet to provide a substantive response to this request. The Information Commissioner’s decision is that the MOJ breached section 10 of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within 20 working days of receipt. He requires the public authority to respond to the request in accordance with the obligations under the FOIA.