Information Commissioner's Office

Home Office

22 January 2007, Central government

The complainant requested disclosure of records relating to the decision by the Home Office to grant a named third party indefinite leave to remain in the UK. The Home Office withheld the information placing reliance upon the exemption under section 40 Freedom of Information Act 2000. Having considered the correspondence passing between the parties and their submissions to the Commissioner, his decision is that the Home Office has dealt with the complainant’s request in accordance with Part I of the Act, save that it has exceeded the time limit for providing a refusal notice contrary to section 17 of the Act.

FOI 40: Not upheld