Home Office
- Date 18 October 2024
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 10(1): Upheld, FOI 14(1): Not upheld, FOI 40(2): Not upheld
The complainant requested information relating to the Civil Service Pay remit guidance 2023 to 2024. The Home Office (HO) subsequently provided information or confirmed it did not hold information at the time of the request for parts 3 (a-e) of the request and relied on section 14(1) of FOIA (vexatious) to refuse the request for part 2. Some personal data at part 3(d) of the request was redacted under section 40(2) of FOIA.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the request at part 2 was vexatious and therefore HO was entitled to rely upon section 14(1) of FOIA to refuse it. Furthermore, he considers that the HO was entitled to redact/anonymise personal information for the disclosure made at part 3(d) of the request. He also finds that the HO breached section 10(1) of FOIA by failing to provide a response to the request within 20 working days.
The Commissioner does not require any steps.