Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

The complainant requested information from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) relating to parties that may have taken place at DCMS. By the date of this notice DCMS had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that DCMS 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. DCMS must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under the FOIA.