Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Date 12 July 2018
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Not upheld, FOI 10: Upheld
The complainant asked the former Department for Communities and Local Government to provide him with the 54 responses made in respect of the government’s consultation on changes to Building Regulations 2010. Now called the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government [“the MHCLG”), the Department disclosed to the complainant 14 or the 54 responses it received as part of that consultation. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, the MHCLG has disclosed to the complainant all of the responses it holds in respect of the 2010 Building Regulations consultation and in doing so, the Department has complied with section 1 of the FOIA. The Commissioner has also decided that the MHCLG has breached section 10 of the FOIA by exceeding the twenty day compliance period required by the Act.