Ministry of Justice
- Date 18 January 2016
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld
The complainant requested information relating to statistical data about court orders made in the Family Court together with information about domestic violence and child protection matters. To date he has not received a substantive response. The Commissioner’s decision is that MoJ has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a response to the request within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days. He requires it to comply with the request or issue a valid refusal notice as set out in section 17 of the FOIA.