Highways England
- Date 31 March 2020
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Not upheld, FOI 10(1): Upheld, FOI 12: Upheld
The complainant has requested from Highways England information about DCP (”damage to crown property”) rates and related matters. Highways England provided some information to the complainant but stated that it did not hold information about DCP rates. The public authority also cited section 14(2)(repeat requests) to part of the requested information. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probability, Highways England does not hold information about DCP rates. However, the Commissioner finds that section 14(2) does not apply to this request and that Highways England breached section 10(1) of the FOIA by failing to respond to the request within the statutory timeframe. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any further steps.