Home Office

The complainant has requested information from the Home Office regarding Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council’s involvement with the Syrian Vulnerable Person’s Resettlement Scheme. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA as it has failed to give a substantive response to this request. 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 the request in accordance with its obligations under the FOIA. The public authority must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice.