Ministry of Justice
- Date 20 September 2016
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Upheld
The complainant requested information relating to the workforce of the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs). To date he has not received a substantive response. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Ministry of Justice (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. She requires it to comply with the request or issue a valid refusal notice as set out in section 17 of the FOIA.