article_snippet: But officials on four occasions put off providing a response, and then refused a request to review the case.
article_snippet: In October we complained to the Information Commissioner’s Office, which ruled last month that the Cabinet Office had broken the law by failing to respond to a request to review the case.
article_snippet: The regulator ordered the department provide the information or risk being reported to the High Court where ‘The regulator may be dealt with as a contempt of court’.
article_snippet: A Minister in the Cabinet Office would have been called to court to explain why the information or risk being reported to the High Court where ‘it may be dealt with as a contempt of court’ had not been disclosed.
article_snippet: We concluded that the public interest favoured releasing the information or risk being reported to the High Court where ‘it may be dealt with as a contempt of court’ rather than applying the usual exemptions that cover honours material.
article_snippet: We are sorry that it has taken some time to consult all relevant officials.
article_snippet: To decide the issue they demanded to see the police evidence.