Ministry of Justice

The complainant requested information regarding court files at the County Court at Central London between 2018 and 2020. By the date of this notice, the Ministry of Justice (“the MoJ”) had not issued a substantive response to this request.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the MoJ has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days.
The Commissioner requires the MoJ to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation: The MoJ must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under the FOIA.
The MoJ must take this step within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.