National Museums and Galleries of NI

The complainant requested information about the empirical evidence to support the museum’s endorsement of the origins of the human species and the evolution of life. By the date of this notice the National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI) had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority 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 public authority to provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA.