Ministry of Justice

The complainant has requested information from the Ministry of Justice (the MoJ) regarding prison framework, policies and statistics. The MoJ disclosed some of the information, said some was accessible so exempt from disclosure under section 21 (Information accessible to applicant by other means) of FOIA and that the remainder was not held. In response to a subsequent request, the MoJ disclosed the information which had previously been withheld under section 21 of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, the MoJ does not hold the remaining information. The Commissioner does not require further steps.