Ministry of Justice
- Date 8 February 2016
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Upheld, FOI 10: Upheld
The complainant submitted a request for information to the Ministry of Justice (the ‘MOJ’) for a report on air quality test results into the effects of second hand smoking in prisons. By the date of this notice, the MOJ has yet to provide a substantive response to this request. The 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. The Commissioner requires the public authority to issue a response to the request set out in paragraph 5.