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Ministry of Justice

  • Date 27 November 2019
  • Sector Central government
  • Decision(s) FOI 44: Not upheld
  1. The complainant requested information regarding complaints about coroners. The Ministry of Justice has withheld some information under section 44 (Prohibitions on disclosure) of the FOIA by virtue of section 139 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 and section 40(2) (Personal information) of the FOIA.
  2. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Ministry of Justice has applied section 44(1)(a) of the FOIA appropriately by virtue of section 139 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.
  3. The Commissioner does not require the Ministry of Justice to take any steps as a result of this decision notice. 

Information Tribunal appeal EA/2019/0471 under appeal.