Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The complainant requested copies of documents created as a result of a previous information request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Foreign & Commonwealth Office has failed to complete its deliberations on the balance of the public interest within a reasonable time period and has therefore breached Section 17(3) of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires the FCO to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: issue a substantive response, under the FOIA, to the request.