Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
- Date 11 February 2025
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 14(1): Not upheld
The complainant made two requests for information about the Legal Aid Agency (LAA)’s management of payments on account. The LAA is an executive agency of the above public authority (the “public authority”) therefore the public authority is the appropriate public authority for the purposes of FOIA.
The public authority relied on section 14(1) of FOIA (vexatious) to refuse both of the requests.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the requests were vexatious and therefore the public authority was entitled to rely upon section 14(1) of FOIA to refuse them.
The Commissioner does not require any steps.