Home Office
- Date 22 July 2022
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 17: Upheld
The complainant requested information from the UK Visas and Immigration Service (Home Office) about a review report concerning accommodation for asylum seekers at Penally Camp in Tenby and Napier Barracks in Kent. By the date of this notice, the Home Office had not issued a substantive response to this request.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office has failed to complete its deliberations on the balance of the public interest within a reasonable time and has therefore breached section 17(3) of FOIA.
The Commissioner requires the Home Office to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation: Having confirmed whether or not information is held within the scope of the request: either disclose the requested information, if held, or, to the extent that information is to be withheld, issue a refusal notice in accordance with the requirements of section 17 of FOIA.