Ministry of Defence
- Date 15 September 2020
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 14: Upheld
The complainant submitted a request to the Ministry of Defence seeking copies of ‘Defence Air Safety Occurrence Reports’ filed by air traffic control personnel at RAF Wittering for the period November 2014 to March 2018. The MOD refused to comply with the request on the basis of section 14(1) (vexatious) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the MOD cannot rely on section 14(1) as a basis to refuse to comply with this request.