Ministry of Defence
- Date 9 July 2018
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld
The complainant requested details about the Ministry of Defence’s criteria for designating force deployments as “combat” or “non-combat.” The Commissioner’s decision is that Ministry of Defence (“the MoD”) failed to respond to the request within 20 working days and has therefore breached Section 10 of the Freedom of Information Act. The Commissioner requires the MoD to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: issue a substantive response, under the FOIA, to the request.