Ministry of Justice (MoJ)

The complainant submitted a request to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) seeking information about health and safety assurance checks undertaken at RAF cadet squadrons. The MOD explained that it could not confirm or deny, within the appropriate cost limit, whether it held any information falling within the scope of the request and it therefore relied on section 12(2) (cost limit) of FOIA to refuse the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the MOD is entitled to rely on section 12(2) of FOIA.