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Cabinet Office (Decision Notice) [2010] UKICO FS50286465 (15 December 2010)
Summary: The complainant requested copies of documents held by the Cabinet Office relating to Tony Blair-™s visit to Iraq in May 2006. In making the request the complainant made it clear that he would prefer to be provided with documents in their original form rather than extracted digests of information. The Cabinet Office initially refused to disclose any information on the basis of sections 27(1)(a), 27(1)(c), 27(1)(d), 27(2) and 35(1)(a). At the internal review stage the Cabinet Office provided the complainant with a digest of the text contained in seven of the documents falling within the scope of the request but maintained that the remaining documents were exempt from disclosure. The Commissioner has concluded that in order to comply with section 11 of the Act the Cabinet Office should have provided the complainant with copies of the seven documents, the text of which it accepts is not exempt. In respect of the remaining documents the Commissioner has concluded that they are all exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 27(1)(a), with the exception of one document which, although exempt on the basis of section 35(1)(a), should nevertheless be disclosed because the public interest in maintaining the exemption does not outweigh the public interest in disclosure. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2011/0036 part allowed.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 11 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 27 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 35 - Complaint Not upheld