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Ministry of Justice

  • Date 4 January 2018
  • Sector Central government
  • Decision(s) FOI 1: Upheld, FOI 10: Upheld

The complainant has requested information about sexual assaults in prisons from the Ministry of Justice (the “MOJ”); to date she has not received a substantive response. The Commissioner’s decision is that the MOJ has breached sections 1(1) and 10(1) of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within 20 working days of receipt. She requires it to comply with the request or issue a valid refusal notice as set out in section 17(1) of the FOIA.