Ministry of Justice
- Date 6 April 2017
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 40: Not upheld
The complainant requested information relating to the recommendation to grant compensation in the case of a man wrongly convicted of murder. The MoJ withheld the requested information citing sections 40(2) (personal information) and 21(1) (information accessible to applicant by other means) of the FOIA. The Commissioner has investigated the MoJ’s application of section 40(2). Her decision is that the MoJ was entitled to withhold the information withheld by virtue of that exemption. She requires no steps to be taken as a result of this decision. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2017/0068 dismissed.