Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The complainant requested information about an article published by The Herald. By the date of this notice the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (“the Foreign Office”) had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Foreign Office 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 the Foreign Office to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation. The Foreign Office must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA.