Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Date 27 January 2016
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) EIR 11: Upheld, EIR 12.4.b: Not upheld, FOI 12: Not upheld
The complainant has requested information from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (“Defra”) relating to Prince’s Consent. The Commissioner’s decision is that Defra has correctly applied regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR and section 12(1) and section 12(2) of the FOIA to the request. However, Defra has breached regulation 11 as it failed to provide an internal review within 40 working days. The Commissioner requires Defra to take no steps.