Ministry of Justice

The complainant has requested information relating to staff structure charts and procedures for handling information requests. The Ministry of Justice (“MoJ”) stated that to establish whether or not the information was held would exceed the appropriate limit, therefore citing section 12(2) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the MoJ was entitled to rely on section 12(2) of FOIA to refuse the request. The Commissioner also finds that the MoJ complied with its obligations at section 16 of FOIA, by providing relevant advice and assistance to the complainant. The Commissioner does not require the MoJ to take any further steps.