BEIS

The complainant requested information the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) relating to correspondence between BEIS and Sir John Hayes MP. By the date of this notice BEIS had not issued a substantive response to this request.
The Commissioner’s decision is that BEIS 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 BEIS to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation.
BEIS must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under the FOIA.
BEIS 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.