Ministry of Justice
- Date 4 October 2017
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld, FOI 14: Not upheld
The complainant requested information about the duties and responsibilities of sessional prison chaplains and payments made to them. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Ministry of Justice relied correctly on the section 14(1) FOIA exemption (vexatious or repeated requests). The Commissioner also decided that, in failing to respond to the request within the statutory timescale, MOJ had breached section 10(1) FOIA (time for compliance). As a response has been provided, the Commissioner does not require the Ministry of Justice to take any further steps. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2017/0260 allowed.