Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Date 23 May 2016
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) EIR 11: Upheld, EIR 12.4.b: Not upheld, EIR 5.2: Upheld, FOI 10: 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 5(2) and section 10 as it failed to provide a response to the request within 20 working days. Defra has also breached regulation 11 as it failed to provide an internal review within 40 working days. The Commissioner requires Defra to take no steps.