Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

The complainant requested information about correspondence between BEIS and Parliament pertaining the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill. 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 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 FOIA.