Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

The complainant requested a copy of the ministerial diaries for the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) refused the request on the basis of section 14(1) (vexatious request) as it would require a disproportionate burden to comply. The Commissioner’s decision is that the DLUHC was entitled to rely on section 14(1) FOIA to refuse to comply with the request.