Home Office

The complainant has requested information from the Home Office about the number of food refusals across the detention estate in October, November and December 2016 inclusive. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA as they have failed to respond to this request for information. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. The Home Office must issue a response to this request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA. The public authority must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.