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UK Trade and Investment (Decision Notice) [2010] UKICO FS50278116 (26 August 2010)
Summary: The complainant made a freedom of information request to UK Trade and Investment for a number of documents relating to Iraq and its oil industry. In response the public authority released the documents in a redacted form. The complainant challenged the public authority-™s decision to redact information from two of the documents under the exemptions in section 27(1)(a) and (d) (International relations); section 40(2) (Personal information); section 41(1) (Information provided in confidence) and section 43(2) (Commercial interests). The Commissioner has investigated the complaint and has found that section 27(1)(a) was engaged and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosure; that section 41(1) was engaged for most of the information to which it had been applied and that section 40(2) was only partially engaged. The Commissioner did not look at section 27(1)(d) or section 43(2) as he was satisfied that other exemptions applied. The Commissioner also found that in its handling of the request the public authority breached section 1(1)(b) of the Act (General right of access to information held by public authorities); section 10(1) (Time for compliance) and section 17(1) (Refusal of a request). The Commissioner requires the public authority to provide the complainant with the information which is not exempt under section 41(1) or section 40(2) within 35 calendar days of the date of this notice.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 17 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 27 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 41 - Complaint Not upheld