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Independent Monitoring Board

  • Date 18 November 2024
  • Authority Independent Monitoring Board
  • Decision(s) FOI 3: Not upheld

The complainant requested information from Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre Independent Monitoring Board (the IMB), namely guidance and other information available in the members’ section of the Independent Monitoring Boards website. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation, the IMB stated that it does not hold the requested information for the purposes of FOIA,
under the provisions of section 3(2)(a) (public authorities). The Commissioner’s decision is that the requested information is not held by the IMB for the purposes of FOIA. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken as a result of this decision.