HM Land Registry

The complainant has made a number of requests to the Land Registry for information concerning bankruptcy petition notifications and bankruptcy order notifications. The Land Registry provided some information and initially argued that the remainder was not held. The complainant disputed this and on review, the Land Registry explained that the further information required was accessible via its website. It therefore applied section 21 of the FOIA to the outstanding information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Land Registry has correctly applied section 21 of the FOIA to the outstanding information. However in failing to apply section 21 of the FOIA to this part of the request within 20 working days, the Commissioner finds the Land Registry to be in breach of section 17(1)(a)(b) and (c) of the FOIA. She does not require it to take any further steps in relation to these requests.