Health and Safety Executive

The complainant requested information from the Health and Safety Executive (“the HSE”) about fees for intervention. By the date of this notice the HSE had failed to provide a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the HSE 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 HSE to respond to the complainant’s request in accordance with the FOIA. The HSE must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice.