Ministry of Justice
- Date 13 August 2019
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) EIR 12.5.g: Not upheld
The complainant requested information relating to archaeological works undertaken at the former Reading prison. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provided some information but withheld the remainder, citing regulations 12(3) and regulation 13 (personal data), regulation 12(4)(d) (information in the course of completion), regulation 12(5)(e) (confidentiality of commercial or industrial information) and regulation 12(5)(g) (protection of the environment) of the EIR. The Commissioner has investigated its application of regulation 12(5)(g). The Commissioner’s decision is that the exception provided by regulation 12(5)(g) is engaged and the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosure. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken as a result of this decision.